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.

Cherise could have been entangled with Damien amidst an arranged union resembling

internal conflict,

eyes, Cherise surrendered to the enigmatic warmth that radiated from Damien, a familiar and foreign warmth enveloping her

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

between love and hatred,” she

those emotions, I cannot remain by your side,”

Balance:

1 Coins

92 + 0

1 Pearls

Unyielding

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

me, we shall dissolve our

and unyielding, tightened his grip on her arm. “I refuse,” he declared firmly.

“By what right do you oppose my decision?” she questioned, her tone

begun as a transaction and later

that chapter has long been closed.”

an oath never to let you slip away from me in this lifetime,” he asserted, his words echoing with an

me?” Cherise

am no longer the Cherise of yesteryears!” she declared, her words brimming with a newfound sense of

to be the woman who would relinquish all for love! I possess reason and intellect,” she asserted boldly,

regarded her with an intensity that pierced through her

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 voice laced with a hint of

nodding in affirmation. “Yes,

flickered in Damien’s eyes, his expression inscrutable

near, capturing her crimson lips in

affection.

its conclusion, he seized her with force, his

flesh.

Cherise’s mouth, the sharp pain causing her brow to furrow