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 I come

Charles snapped his folder shut with a

inside, Noelle’s eyes widened in awe. Charles’s study was a world of its own, lined with shelves of books on economics, literary history, and anything else you could think of. “Wow,

with a

random book from the shelf. “I couldn’t sleep, sa I thought I would wander a bit. I saw your guest room door shut, so I knocked but got no answer. You

with work stuff. I need some of these papers for tomorrow. So, what’s up? You seem like you’ve

meet his gaze. “Can we keep our

quirked an eyebrow.

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

“Why else? Since when do two people

I wouldn’t end up with you, and now, out of the blue, we’re married. Grandpa’s going

a laugh and shook his head.

all,” Noelle rushed to clarify. “We’re already legally married. I just meant that… you were going to give me some time to get used to

down before we break the news to our folks. I want them to be on board with us and

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