The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Wife 10

Chapter 10

Noelle slept through the night, but she was not in very high spirits when she awoke. As she gazed at her pale face and puffy eyes reflected in the mirror, she vehemently splashed water. at her eyes until some color returned to her cheeks. Then, she propped her hands against the sink dispiritedly and gazed at herself sadly.

“Wake up, Noelle! There aren’t any hardships that you can’t get past!”

After preparing herself mentally, she began putting on makeup. She heaved a sigh of relief when åll signs of disheveledness could no longer be seen on her face. However, she frowned when she saw her grandfather, Sebastian, her maternal grandfather, calling her. She hurriedly answered, “Hello, Grandpa? What’s the matter?”

“You haven’t forgotten that I asked you to come home today, have you?” Sebastian’s voice rang out. He might be getting on in age, but his voice was filled with as much vim and vigor as it had during his younger years. He had his many years of delivering lectures to students

to thank for that.

Noelle was stunned when she heard Sebastian say that. “Grandpa, I… Alright, alright. I’ll come home. I’ll drop by, alright?”

a long while before she heaved a

initial plan had been to head to work, but after everything that had happened in the past two days, she decided to change her plans. She first went grocery shopping at a nearby supermarket before heading to her grandfather’s

call to her grandfather. She felt slightly sheepish

Quick, quick, come

and smiled as she said, “Sir Jenkins has

finish her sentence, she heard Sebastian’s voice

was holding a gift in her arms, and May reached out to take it from her. When she looked up, she saw a man sitting with

saw the gifts in her arms. “It’s

gift over. “Come here, quick. Let me. take a

walked over to Sebastian after slipping on a pair of house slippers. “Long time no see, Grandpa. I’ve missed you so much!” Noelle said as she

gently clapped Noelle’s forehead. “Watch yourself. Have you not noticed my

took Noelle’s hand in his and walked over. “Allow me to introduce you to my granddaughter, Charles. Noelle, this is a student of mine. His name is Charles Hoffman.” The look of surprise in Noelle’s eyes betrayed

His gentle