The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Wife 95

Chapter 95

“Nelly.” He said her name like it was something sacred

Noelle blinked up at him, “Yeah?”

“It’s nothing.” Charles inhaled deeply, releasing her gently to avoid frightening her. He grabbed something and started walking. “Come on. We’ve wasted enough time, and you said you were starving, right?”

At his words, Noelle patted her stomach, “I’m totally starving!” She decided not to dwell on Charles’s earlier behavior. “So, who’s cooking today, you or me?”

“I’ll cook if you drive us home,” Charles offered with a smile. “Let’s hit the road!”

Ronald could not believe his eyes when he stepped out of the mall. There was his boss, the epitome of cool and distant, looking down at Noelle with such warmth, his arms full of groceries.

Ronald shook his head in disbelief. The thought of his usually unapproachable boss living a normal life was almost too much. If Peter and Sean caught wind of this, they would never let him live it down.

to shake off the haunting

wheel, sneaking a glance at Charles, who sat serenely beside

gave

stare?”

I driving when I’m

think you should be the one driving whenever we’re together,”

by her own words and darted her eyes around, searching for an escape. Then, as

at her clumsy attempt to switch topics. “Really? You’ve been at Frotconn for years,

conceding, “I never really followed that stuff.” She paused, then added, “I had no clue Frotconn was linked to you or that Collosus Group was your family’s

teased, “So,

orders to Frotconn?” Noelle

leaning casually against the car door with one hand while the other tapped rhythmically against his knee.

biting her lip as she eyed Charles warily. “I’ve been through Frotconn’s records for the past few years. Without the Collosus Group propping it up, there’s no way it would’ve made it this far. So, I’m lost here. What’s your deal with Frotconn… or more like, with

as you has got to see that