The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Wife 54

Chapter 54

Charles had just seen Ronald and the others out. Coming back, he caught Noelle’s incredulous question and chuckled. “Yep, we’re married now.”

Noelle’s hands flew to her cheeks, surprised to find Charles right behind her. Flustered, she got to her feet quickly. “It’s late. I should head back.”

“Noelle!” Charles’s voice stopped her in her tracks, and she halted, her steps halting just as quickly. She turned around stiffly, a puzzled “Huh?” escaping her lips.

Charles was barely holding back a laugh at Noelle’s adorably confused look. “It’s actually morning,” he said.

Noelle’s cheeks flamed even hotter. “Morning?” It was probably the most embarrassed she had ever been around Charles.

Ever since meeting Charles, Noelle felt like her life had become a series of increasingly embarrassing moments. Every encounter with him seemed to leave her more flustered than the last.

Charles watched her, the teasing mood fading. He stepped closer and gently pushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear. “You want to head back?”

She nodded earnestly. “Yeah, I really should go.”

out a sigh. “Fine, I’ll take

silence. Charles one to break it. “Seriously, look at

outfit and felt her

Charles’s shirt the whole time. Sure, it was way too

hit her–Ronald and those two staff members had been here earlier. She wondered if she had been

the

didn’t you tell me?” She was a lady, after all.

had been giving

thought about how nobody had bothered to tell her what she looked like.

the color of a boiled lobster, and she felt like she wanted to disappear into the ground. Charles was definitely to blame. He was the one who had put

dying of embarrassment, Charles was

reached out, hands firm on

away. “Charles, you haven’t

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escaped Charles, “Okay, okay, I

on a deeper hue, betraying a hint of delight at her feisty attitude. The memory of her slender, pale legs crossed his mind, and his gaze momentarily darkened. He rubbed the bridge of his nose,