Wife 55

Chapter 55

Meanwhile, Ronald escorted two colleagues away when a sudden chill crept over him, a gut feeling that something was off. “Seriously? Mr. Hoffman can’t be that ruthless, can he?”

Noelle listened as Charles did something he hardly ever did: he admitted he was wrong. She had to admit that part of the blame was on her for not being more alert. She glanced down at how close she and Charles were standing and felt her cheeks heat up again.

She gently pushed away Charles’s hand and turned her head to hide her flushed face. “Where are my clothes?”

Charles narrowed his eyes, feeling the loss of warmth from his hand, and looked away. “Head upstairs

first.”

“Okay.”

have just married Charles like that? It all had happened so fast that

way to Charles’s bedroom. Earlier, she had noticed that his house was tastefully decorated, with a simple yet sophisticated style that did not quite match the over–the–top luxury she expected from the

seconds stretch into hours, and started looking for her belongings. That was when she spotted

turned on her phone quickly and was bombarded with a bunch of missed calls. Most were from Xavier,

lip and dialed her Grandpa Sebastian’s number

it’s me, Noelle!” she said. “My phone died last night. Did you need me

you been?” Sebastian had tossed and turned all night. With Noelle’s voice finally reaching his ears, he felt a wave of relief wash over him. “Weren’t you at Samuel’s place yesterday? He rang me up in the dead of night, worried sick, asking if I had any clue where you were. That’s when it hit me that something was off. Noelle, you

always been frosty toward the Shaw clan. Noelle had sensed his chill–not just with the Shaws but with his own daughter,

good. I just had a rough night, so after we celebrated granddad’s big day, I headed home. My phone just died, so

it over but kept last night’s drama from Sebastian. Knowing his fiery streak and his existing beef with the Shaws, he would storm their castle if he caught wind of the stunt Jade

real?” Sebastian was skeptical, but seeing Noelle in one piece, he let it slide. “Kiddo, if you ever get in a jam, you come straight to

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