The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Wife 7

Chapter 7

After leaving The Majestic Lounge, Noelle hailed a cab to get home. She had moved out of her childhood home a long time ago because of her messy relanship with her family and because it made it easier for her to go to and come back from work.

When Noelle got out of the cab, she stood and stared dazedly at the neighborhood she lived in. Xavier had helped her move out back then, and they even had plans to get engaged and then married when the time was right. She never imagined the entire thing to be nothing more than a joke and to be later reduced to nothing more than the ‘instigator.

She felt like everything that happened yesterday was just a bad nightmare.

“Are you home, Noelle?”

When Noelle walked out of the elevator, she saw Winter standing by her front door with a worried look on her face. Her brows knitted themselves together instinctively, and she was about to turn and walk away when someone grabbed her arm. “Noelle.”

he said, “Where have you been? Winter and I spent the entire night waiting for you. Do you have any idea how

Noelle scoffed as she looked up and gazed directly

you

Winter said, her high heels clicking against the floor

gone the entire year and have no idea what he went through. I was the one who

taking care of Xavier when you already knew he was my boyfriend. Do you have a conscience, Winter Shaw?”

scream as she

over and grabbed Winter by the waist. A disappointed look appeared on his face as he swept his sharp gaze over Noelle. “This is too much,

a grip on yourself. Didn’t I give you my blessings during

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the f*ck out of here right now!”

Noelle was in the wrong instead of her. “Xavier and I just wanted to set things. straight with you. We had no intention of hurting you. We… We’re