Marrying the Man in the Dark (Damien and Cherise) novel Chapter 196

Chapter 196 Broken Trust

As Cherise walked past him, she casually stretched her hand out to touch his chest.

What she felt left her stunned-his heart was pounding like a drum.

It does affect him’ she thought.

Initially, she had no intention to test if he was really blind. If she truly believed Jan’s words, she would have come up with an intricate plan-it was not difficult for someone who had always been passing her exams with flying colors.

Her actions had been more of a half-hearted test because she trusted him completely.

However, his pulse rate was far beyond the average range,

Cherise withdrew her hand sharply as if she had been electrocuted. As she entered the kitchen. she felt her blood run cold.

Something else must have been causing his unusual heart rate! It can’t possibly be because of how I look right now. He’s blind!

She bumped into a glass door before the kitchen, and the plate in her hand fell to the ground with a loud crash.

Staring at the shattered porcelain fragments, she began to see them as a metaphor for her broken

trust.

“Cherry.”

Damien rose from his seat and approached her with a look of deep concern.

Meanwhile, she froze as she looked at his gait. He walked to her steadily and calmly, without any hesitation or any fumbling of steps, as if he could see clearly.

In that instant, she had no clue how to face him.

It was apparent to him that something was wrong with her. He held her hand and asked, “What’s wrong?”

“L” She pursed her lips and shook his hands away before crouching to pick up the broken pieces. “I accidentally-