Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 976 Unexpected Intrigue

The man shook his head in mild bemusement, a faint smile playing on his lips. “It’s not particularly urgent.”

Cherise’s response was quick and relentless. “Still, let’s give it a listen. What if it’s truly significant?”

“Mr. Whitlock emphasized its importance when he contacted me…”

Unable to dissuade her, Damien closed the bedroom door with a resigned sigh, then proceeded to remove his coat before reclining on the bed, drawing Cherise close into his embrace.

“How about this: we listen together, and afterward, you can get some rest?”

Cherise nodded in agreement, her lips slightly pursed. “Alright.”

As Damien inhaled the scent of her hair, he pressed play on the voice recorder—

The night enveloped them in quietude as they lay intertwined.

Cherise’s expression oscillated between shock and embarrassment, while Damien’s eyes held a hint of amusement.

The room was filled with the voices emanating from the recorder.

“Your husband isn’t aware of our rendezvous, correct?”

“No, he’s oblivious, and he’ll remain so… Does your wife suspect anything?”

“That old hag, ugh!”

“Come closer, my love, come kiss me.”

“Embrace me…”

herself

of the recording when entrusting it to

they were, listening to the clandestine affair of unfamiliar voices.

escalating and the content becoming more…

woman’s voice sound

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the covers, the sounds persisted, relentlessly assaulting her ears.

end, Cherise cautiously peeked out from beneath the blanket. “Um… dear, perhaps you should

sensing her embarrassment, and decided to tease her a bit. “But isn’t this what you wanted me to

the blanket. “Shall

her frustration about Mr. Whitlock.

he said… but I never

subject her to this with Damien!

so good about listening to this?

How mortifying!

meant no harm, Cherise.”

you mention he specifically

silently. “He did.”

“Mm.”

and Mr. Whitlock are trying to

face flushed crimson as she tried to grab

forced Damien into this embarrassing situation, Cherise wished she could disappear.