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.”

which was why he had not introduced her to his friends. However, when he

him to her

bit her lip, puzzled by Charles’s tone. Was she the one in the

was genuinely cheerful, a stark change from the gloominess he felt at the Hoffman family’s old house. He

teased, “Look at you. You said you weren’t even

grin. “It’s

up to start clearing the

care of it!”

stepped back, watching Charles as

Charles did not have strong feelings for each other yet, they were married and living together.

shared the news, and Rowena’s voice came through excitedly. “Awesome,

moment.

him I want to eat at the fanciest restaurant in town and

your big stomach!” she teased.

Noblesse House?”

up to see Charles at the bedroom door. She hesitated, feeling a bit