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?”

for a long while before she heaved a sigh and

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

year since she had left Brookville, and she had spent all her time working without paying a single visit, only making the occasional phone call to her grandfather. She felt slightly sheepish when

Quick, quick,

hand in hers and smiled as she

finish her sentence, she heard Sebastian’s voice ringing from the

she looked up, she saw a man sitting

Noelle. However, the smile vanished from his face when he saw the gifts in her arms. “It’s enough that you dropped by. Why did you get a gift as well? I don’t need

May to bring the gift over.

of house slippers. “Long time no see, Grandpa. I’ve missed you so much!”

Sebastian said as he gently clapped Noelle’s forehead.

student of mine. His name is Charles

vision. His gentle eyes