Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 1130 Phoenix

Cherise pursed her lips, smiled and said, "Alright."

Despite Damien's clear warnings about Jude, Cherise couldn't shake her reservations.

She had seen Jude's tenderness firsthand, watching him care for Phoenix with a gentleness that seemed impossible to fake. A man so kind couldn't be entirely wrong, could he?

They settled into a cozy café near the hospital. Jude took a sip of his coffee, then looked up with a hint of a smile. "You know," he began, "my Mom adores Phoenix."

As Jude looked at Cherise, his thoughts wandered back to when he fell in love with Phoenix.

"Jude," she asked, her eyes searching his, "that girl... she's your Phoenix, isn't she?"

Dorothy, in her lilac dress, leaned against the fourth-floor railing of the hospital, watching the caregiver assist the girl on a stroll through the small garden. "Yeah, that's her," Jude admitted, a wave of unease washing over him.

Before Phoenix met Dorothy, she had already encountered Anthony. When he learned of her modest background and severe congenital heart condition...

her status and health has no place

of high

I'll ensure she's

Jude experienced his first love, but

anxiety and dread, a burden he

Dorothy suggested a visit to Phoenix, his heart quickened

son knows quality when he

this girl's spirit is unbreakable. Her humble beginnings

voice tinged with frustration. "I don't need help! I can manage just fine on my own! I have a heart

features tightened. "Mom,

be reckoned with," Dorothy interjected, her smile unwavering. She is fearless and fiercely

softened her gaze. "She's a flame that refuses to be extinguished despite

his emotions swirling beneath the

that his mother's acceptance of Alice went beyond superficiality. As long as Alice possessed a

loves, I love,"