The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Wife 113

Chapter 113

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Charles asked, catching Noelle’s gaze.

Noelle quickly looked away, feeling a bit awkward. “Oh… Rowena mentioned she wants to meet you soon.”

Charles stopped eating for a moment. Noelle, noticing his silence, felt a flutter of worry. Charles was not the kind of man whose time came cheap.

“Um… If you’re too busy, that’s totally fine. My friend just wanted to make sure I’m being taken care of. That’s all!” Noelle said, feeling a bit embarrassed. Charles just smiled and asked, “When?”

“Huh?” Noelle blinked, then quickly added, “Anytime, really. Whenever you’re free. I hope it’s not too much

trouble.”

“Not at all,” Charles replied, his eyes crinkling with a smile. “I’d be happy to meet your friend. It’s not a

bother at all.”

why he had not introduced her to his friends. However, when he heard her call him ‘husband‘ to her friend Rowena over the phone today, he felt a warm sense

him to her friend, he could not help

Charles’s tone. Was she the one in the

from the gloominess he felt at the Hoffman family’s old house. He polished

Noelle teased, “Look at

grin. “It’s

lip and stood up to start clearing the dishes, but Charles reached

care of it!”

back, watching Charles as he

thinking she might have been making things too complicated. Even though she and Charles did not have strong feelings for each other yet, they were married and living together. They would spend a lot

message from Rowena. She shared the news, and Rowena’s voice came through excitedly. “Awesome, let’s plan another meet–up. Your

pondered for a moment. “Yeah,

want to eat at the fanciest restaurant in

your big stomach!” she teased. “So, are we thinking

Noblesse House?”

at the bedroom door. She hesitated, feeling a