The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Wife 121

Chapter 121

Every table was occupied when they walked in. Thankfully, Noelle had made a reservation half an hour earlier. She looked embarrassed as she ruffled her hair and said, “Actually… We could go somewhere else for dinner!”

“It’s alright!” Charles said as he took Noelle’s hand and led her to the waiting area. She was stunned and allowed him to hold one of her hands while she used the other to hold their waiting number.

Charles let go of Noelle’s hand as they sat down, leaving her grasping air and feeling empty. She looked down at where Charles had been holding her just now, leaving her palm slightly damp.

A slight blush crept onto Noelle’s face as she gazed at her palm, and she hurriedly looked away, only to have her gaze collide with Charles‘ eyes. She felt her heart skip a beat as she instinctively tightened her hold on the number, the corner of her lips tugging upward as she said, “What a crowd!”

“Yeah,” Charles replied, the hint of a

smile appearing in his eyes. “No rush.”

said as she smiled. When she saw Charles extend his hand outward, she unfurled her fingers and smoothed out the strip of paper

“Two tables left!”

awkward. For some reason, it felt like Charles was doing this on purpose. She bit down on her lip as she said, “Yes, just a while more

to wait another two to three minutes before a table was available. Noelle sprang to her feet as she said, “Let’s go. It’s our turn!” Her hand instinctively grabbed Charles‘ hand

eyebrows raised slightly as he looked at Noelle take his hand without prompt. The corner of his lip curled upward slightly as he allowed her to

done, Charles was already holding her hand tightly. She wanted to remove her hand, but he had such a firm grip on it that she

of them, they were not given a particularly large table. However, it was enough for

pushed the menu toward him and said, “Why don’t you pick? I forgot to ask if you could handle spicy food before we

and there had not been many dishes that were particularly

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handle what was

up, using his elegant fingers to pick up the menu as he said,

handle spicy food, but not anything extremely spicy. She nodded and said, “Let’s have something mildly spicy, then!

the menu back toward Noelle. “No need to make accommodations for me. Order whatever you