Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 997 Unyielding Embrace

After pronouncing those words, he firmly clasped Cherise’s shoulders, guiding her into the car with purpose, and followed suit, enveloping her in his embrace as they settled inside the vehicle.

Throughout the journey, Cherise hurled curses at him, her anger simmering beneath the surface like a tempestuous sea.

Her ire stemmed from Damien’s confining of her freedom and his inexplicable failure to offer an explanation.

Why, she pondered, did he not clarify if he was facing difficulties?

Why did he remain silent if the situation did not align with Sebastian’s depiction?

Given her current feeling f

explanation he provided.

him, he should have known that she would unquestionably believe any

Yet, he uttered not a single word of clarification.

Did he truly lack an explanation, or did he feel absolved of the obligation to offer one?

What, she questioned, did he perceive her as?

An object?

A pet?

Or perhaps merely a plaything devoid of memories, past, or the capacity for independent thought?

In truth, she harbored doubt regarding Sebastian’s assertions concerning their relationship.

Her instinctual response to Sebastian was repulsive, while her innate connection lay with Damien.

Furthermore, she entertained the notion that the version of herself devoid of memories held affection. for Damien.

how the former Cherise could have been entangled with Damien amidst an arranged union resembling a transaction, compounded by her parents’

ceaseless internal conflict, she

radiated from Damien, a familiar and foreign

not the same Cherise you once knew,” she confessed, her voice tinged

embody a clarity that discerns between love and hatred,” she continued, her

the depth of those emotions, I cannot remain by

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her being, she exhaled a deep sigh. “Let us part ways, Damien,” she

me, we shall dissolve our union,” she implored.

Damien, steadfast and unyielding, tightened his grip on

reopened her eyes. “By what right do you oppose my decision?” she questioned, her tone laced with

transaction and later entangled

that chapter has long been

never to let you slip away from me in this lifetime,” he asserted, his

your vow hold for me?” Cherise challenged, her

no longer the Cherise of yesteryears!” she declared, her words

refuse to be the woman who would relinquish all for love! I possess reason and

her with an intensity that pierced through

a moment of tense silence, a faint smirk played on his lips. “Are you suggesting that the former Cherise was a woman governed solely by her emotions, devoid of reason and intellect?” he inquired, his

lips, nodding in affirmation. “Yes,

his expression inscrutable as he

crimson lips in a fervent kiss that transcended

affection.

the kiss reached its conclusion, he seized her with force, his teeth harshly sinking into her

flesh.

and blood filled Cherise’s mouth, the sharp pain causing her brow to furrow deeply.