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.”

However, when he heard her call him ‘husband‘ to her friend Rowena over the phone today, he felt a warm sense of pride. She

that she wanted to introduce him to her friend,

her lip, puzzled by Charles’s tone. Was she the one in the wrong? “I’ll talk to Rowena, then. We can pick a time

from the gloominess he felt at the Hoffman family’s old house. He polished off the meal Noelle brought home, nearly licking the

Noelle teased, “Look at

grin. “It’s all

clearing the dishes, but Charles reached out to

care of it!”

back, watching Charles as

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

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

for a moment.

restaurant in town and order the priciest dish they’ve got!”

laughed. “You and your big stomach!” she teased.

Noblesse House?”

see Charles at the bedroom door. She hesitated,