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.”

Noelle had not quite grasped her role in their relationship yet, which was why he had not introduced her to his friends. However, when he heard her call him ‘husband‘ to her friend Rowena

she wanted to introduce him to her friend, he

by Charles’s tone. Was she the one in the wrong? “I’ll talk to Rowena, then. We

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

him eat, Noelle teased, “Look at you. You

flashed a grin. “It’s all

to start clearing the dishes, but Charles reached

care of it!”

watching

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 of time together. Feelings could

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

a moment. “Yeah,

him I want to eat at the fanciest restaurant in town and order the priciest dish they’ve got!” Rowena

laughed. “You and your big stomach!” she teased. “So, are we thinking Bamboo Grave

Noblesse House?”

looked up to see Charles at the bedroom door. She