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.”

was 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 of pride. She was finally acting

she wanted to introduce him to her friend,

the one in the wrong? “I’ll talk to Rowena,

Hoffman family’s old house. He polished off the

teased, “Look at you. You

grin.

lip and stood up to start clearing the dishes, but

care of it!”

and stepped back, watching Charles as he busied

before heading upstairs, 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

from Rowena. She shared the news, and Rowena’s voice came through excitedly. “Awesome, let’s plan another meet–up. Your hubby must be loaded if he’s giving

pondered for a moment. “Yeah,

him I want to eat at the fanciest restaurant in town

stomach!” she teased. “So, are

Noblesse House?”

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