Chapter 55 Exposed
“Even though it’s for money…”
She looked adorable with her head lowered hesitantly.
To Damien, compared to her stubborn behavior, she became more adorable when she was helplessly panicking.
Damien arched his eyebrows as he smiled slightly. “If I didn’t ask you directly, were you going to hide this from me forever?”
Cherise nodded. “Yes. It’s my personal problem. After all… you have no obligation to be responsible for that.”
“He is your husband; of course he has an obligation to do so, just like you have the same obligation to be responsible as his wife, including taking care of the bottom half of his body.”
She had no idea when Jacob appeared with his arms around Blake. Both of them sat on the other end of the couch.
Jacob flashed a smile at Cherise. “Damien knew about everything over the past few days. He has been waiting for you to tell him yourself, so he did not probe you. over it.”
Cherise’s eyes widened. She shot a glance at Damien, who remained impassive. The black silk cloth almost covered the expression on his face.
“You….” She blushed involuntarily upon recalling her feeble excuse of studying physics. “You knew I was lying…”
He nodded. “All the things I asked you for help-to feed and shower me, were all done to make you confess.”
Cherise bit her lips. I thought he was starting to rely on me by asking me for help with eating, and I thought it was inconvenient for him to take showers. Even yesterday, when he asked me to prepare a bath for him again, I simply thought he was in a bad mood. In reality, he’s doing all this on purpose, but how would I know that?
Jacob’s eyebrows slightly creased upon sensing her silence. “Cherise, don’t blame him for all the trouble. This man has low EQ. If I wasn’t here today, he would probably still be throwing tantrums at you. He doesn’t express himself well.”
Cherise pursed her lips before replying, “Actually… I’m the same too.”
I should have thought of the sudden change in his behavior lately. All this while, he has never
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