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.”

his friends. However, when he heard her call him ‘husband‘ to her friend Rowena over the

her friend, he could not help but feel

tone. Was she the one in the wrong? “I’ll

the gloominess he felt at the Hoffman family’s old house. He polished off the meal Noelle brought

“Look at you. You said you

grin.

up to start clearing the dishes, but Charles reached out

care of it!”

stepped back, watching Charles as

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

in her room, Noelle got a message 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.

the fanciest restaurant in town and

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

Noblesse House?”

at the bedroom door. She hesitated, feeling