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.

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

ceaseless internal conflict,

Damien, a familiar

Cherise you once knew,” she confessed,

that discerns between love and hatred,” she continued, her words trailing like delicate whispers in the

of those emotions, I cannot remain by your

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

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

unyielding, tightened his grip on her arm.

unwavering gaze as she reopened her eyes. “By what right do you oppose my decision?” she questioned, her tone laced with a hint of

begun as a transaction

chapter has long

a steely determination. “I swore an oath never to let you slip away from

does your vow hold for me?” Cherise challenged,

declared, her words

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

he regarded her with an intensity that pierced through her defenses.

former Cherise was a woman governed solely by her emotions, devoid of reason and intellect?” he inquired, his voice laced

pursed her lips, nodding in affirmation. “Yes,

eyes, his expression

crimson

affection.

its conclusion, he seized her with force,

flesh.

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