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

him to her friend, he could not help

in the wrong? “I’ll talk to Rowena, then. We can pick a time later,

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

“Look at you.

a grin. “It’s

clearing the dishes, but Charles reached out to stop her. “I’ll

care of it!”

stepped back, watching Charles as he

not have strong feelings for each other yet, they were married and living together. They would spend

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 you

a moment. “Yeah, he’s

fanciest restaurant in town and order

big stomach!” she teased. “So, are we thinking Bamboo Grave

Noblesse House?”

see Charles at the bedroom door. She hesitated, feeling