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?”

with a vexed expression for a long while before she

the past two days, she decided to change her plans. She first went grocery shopping at

call to her grandfather. She felt slightly sheepish when she arrived at the front door and waited for May,

quick, come

in hers and smiled as

curiously, “What guests? Didn’t Grandpa say…” Before Noelle managed to finish her sentence, she heard Sebastian’s voice ringing from the room, “Charles, it’s

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 his back to her in the living room. He seemed familiar,

he saw the gifts in her arms.

over. “Come here, quick. Let

handed the gift to May and 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 he gently clapped Noelle’s forehead. “Watch yourself. Have you

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

gentle eyes settled