The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Wife 74

Chapter 74

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Charles was right next door in the guest room. Noelle knocked and knocked; however, there was no answer, which left her confused. When she passed the study and saw the light on, she paused at the door.

The study door was slightly open, and there was Charles, lounging on the couch, buried under a mountain of paperwork.

He must have heard her because he looked up, and suddenly, they were eye to eye. Noelle felt her cheeks heat up and gave him a sheepish half–smile. “Aren’t you tired?”

Charles quirked an eyebrow, paperwork in hand. “Just finishing up some stuff,” he replied. “What about you? Couldn’t sleep?”

Noelle felt like a kid caught with her hand in the cookie jar, her gaze dropping to her slippers. Charles let out a soft chuckle. “Having trouble sleeping?”

“Can

snapped his folder shut with

its own, lined with shelves of books on economics, literary history, and anything else you could think of. “Wow, this is like a library! My grandpa’s a big book

to his feet with a nod.

warming as she picked up a random book from the shelf. “I couldn’t sleep, sa I thought I would wander a bit. I saw your guest room

papers for tomorrow. So,

lip, struggling to meet his gaze. “Can we keep our

quirked an

know how Grandpa is. I’ve just come out of a relationship. He might’ve wanted to set us up, but I told him nothing would… ever happen!” She blushed a shade deeper. “Even if I had agreed to dating you, I never thought we’d tie the knot so fast. Grandpa won’t see it coming either.” Noelle was really thinking ahead, worried about Sebastian’s reaction. “If Grandpa finds out we’re married, he’s gonna grill us on why

else? Since when do two people need a reason

of the blue, we’re married. Grandpa’s going to read too much into it. We’re not stable yet, and I don’t want him to worry. You wouldn’t want him

shook his

legally married. I just meant that… you were going to give me some time to get used to this, remember? Let’s wait until

I want them to