The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Chapter 161



Noelle ended the call and felt like all her energy had been sucked out. She slumped to the floor, her eyes empty and unfocused. Ava rushed over when she saw her. "Ms. Shaw, are you okay?"

Noelle forced a weak smile and shook her head. "I'm fine, really!" She told Ava to get back to work and made her way to her seat.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Ava asked, still worried.

Noelle nodded, and Ava reluctantly went back to his desk.

After sitting quietly for a moment, Noelle pulled out her phone and looked up Charles' number. She paused when she saw his name, then quickly changed it to 'The Man at Home.'

She tried calling Charles, but there was no answer. It seemed he was busy, too busy to pick up the phone.

Charles was in the middle of a meeting, with his phone on silent mode, so he missed Noelle's call.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was tense, with the recent trouble involving Robert causing a split among the group. Some supported Charles, but others were upset with him, especially since he had bought out Robert and two other shareholders' stakes for himself.

Charles' piece of Colossus Group pie even bigger, and not everyone was

sudden

was

was either eyeing

themselves or for someone in

had been dragging

long-time company members

the meeting had gone on too long because there was a knock on the door. Everyone paused and looked at Charles. With a raised eyebrow, he waved his

he then nodded at Ronald, who got the hint

secretary stood there,

on

international call for you about the

been waiting for

QUMS

off a shareholder mid-sentence. "Why didn't you remind me? How

the directors, so I..." Charles's gaze turned icy, and he rose to his feet. "Sorry, everyone. I need to step out