The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Wife 6

Chapter 6

He must have completely lost it! This guy must be out of his mind!

“Charles…” Noelle was on the verge of exploding. “Are you even listening? I don’t want to marry you. I don’t know you, and I definitely don’t love you.”

“Who loves you, then? Xavier? He’s your sister’s husband now,” Charles said, slicing through the truth with a cruel edge. “You’re not still pining for Xavier, are you?” He teased her chin with a taunting finger. “Hmm?”

Noelle swatted Charles’s hand away. “What is it to you? Why are you so set on marrying me? Can’t you find someone else?”

“You’re the first woman who doesn’t make my skin crawl.”

“What?” Noelle was taken aback.

Charles’s lips tightened, and he let go of Noelle. She quickly stepped back, putting a safe distance between them.

Charles watched her with a light chuckle. “It’s quite simple. You ran into my arms last night, and I didn’t mind it one bit.”

He squinted thoughtfully. “How about we strike a deal?”

Charles settled himself on the couch.

fit the bill.”

think he was? “Mr.

needs a doctor.”

a number on his phone. Shortly after, Ronald came in with a bag

directed Ronald to hand the bag to Noelle. She hesitated for only a second before

perfect fit down to the exact size of the underwear, as if they had

Noelle saw a scowl flicker across her

sister during her year away. She was the real victim here, but somehow, she had been cast as the

splashed water on her face,

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the tears.

her away, however. Charles caught a glimpse of her state

eyed him warily as

offered,” Charles said as he pressed the card into

thought, skeptical of his so–called

onto the title on

her forehead and walked away, leaving his