The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Annie quickly explained, "It's not like that. I didn't do anything to Noelle. Last time was my fault. I just ran into her by chance and had a brief conversation. She said she wouldn't hold a grudge." Annie bit her lip and gripped the stair railing. "Did something happen? I really didn't do anything to Noelle!"

"Alright, I got it," Cody said, waving his hand dismissively. "I need to go out for a bit. If Mom and Dad ask, just tell them I went out for business."

Then, Cody went upstairs, changed his clothes, and headed straight to Collosus Group's headquarters.

Meanwhile, Noelle answered all of Brian's questions thoroughly during the interview. In the end, Brian told her to wait for further notice and did not ask anything about her background.

...

As soon as Noelle left Brian's office, Charles called her. Noelle looked around before answering, "What's up?"

"Finished with the interview?" Charles' clear voice had a hint of amusement. "Hmm?"

"Yeah, just finished. Did you have someone watch me?" she asked, suspecting he had been monitoring her since he called as soon as she stepped out.

Charles chuckled. "Come up here."

"No!" Noelle refused immediately. "I'm going back home."

"Be good. You don't have anything to do at home anyway. Come up. I have something nice to show you," Charles coaxed gently.

Thinking there was not much to do at home, Noelle decided to go to Charles' office. Worried about being seen, she first went to Charles' private underground parking lot before taking the elevator up.

Ronald had been waiting at the elevator door for quite some time When Re finally saw Noelle, he

hurried to her. "Mrs. Hoffman why did you take so long?"

"You were waiting for me?" Noelle asked, looking at Ronald suspiciously. She felt a bit

embarrassed. "I was worried about being seen, so I took a detour and almost got lost!"

continued, "Stop calling me Mrs.

"Yes, yes. Of course."

then led Noelle to Charles' office door. He knocked, and after hearing a "Come in," he respectfully opened the

first real visit

The space was minimalist and grand, with a very open view.

had already looked up. Seeing Noelle, he beckoned her over.

raised an eyebrow. "No. You continue

genuinely ignoring him as she leisurely examined the space in

he still had work to do, he resumed

he worked, she sat in the lounge

after a while, Noelle rested her

very handsome, the kind of man

where he exuded warmth.

"Mr. Parker, this is Ms. Shaw. She's here for the interview!" Ronald introduced Noelle,

gave a slight nod.

and confident,

Noelle only briefly before

to attend upstairs. I'll leave

look at Noelle, and then

Ronald just the previous night, mentioning it

known Ronald for long, he had a good sense of Ronald's character.

but Ronald's insistence that he would regret not

not particularly impressive, and her work experience was rather unremarkable. However, the fact that she had

her composure,

impressed Brian. "Ms. Noelle

Noelle confirmed with

"I've reviewed your resume, Ms. Shaw. To be honest, your work experience is fairly ordinary. However, I'm curious about a particular project you handled.

Hoffman, I've brought Mrs. Hoffman over. Brian

glanced at