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.”

her fingers and smoothed out the strip of paper she was holding, a knowing look in her smiling eyes

“Two tables left!”

like Charles was doing this on purpose. She bit down on her lip as she said, “Yes, just a while more

only had to wait another two to three minutes before a table was available. Noelle sprang to her feet

take his hand without prompt. The corner of his lip curled

had acted on instinct, and by the time she realized what she had done, Charles was already holding her hand tightly. She wanted to

they were not given a particularly large

Charles‘ palate, so she pushed the menu toward him and said, “Why don’t you

mild food the past two days they spent at home, and there had not been many dishes

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what

looked up, using his elegant fingers to pick up

meant he could handle spicy food, but not anything extremely

Noelle. “No need to