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. Hoffman. You

"Yes, yes. Of course."

led Noelle to Charles' office door. He knocked, and after hearing a

first real

a very open

had already looked up. Seeing Noelle, he beckoned her

"No. You continue

Charles' office, genuinely ignoring him as she leisurely examined the space in

behavior. Realizing he still had work to do,

disturb Charles as he worked, she sat in

dull after a while, Noelle rested her chin on her hand and watched Charles

had always known Charles was very handsome, the kind of man one

he exuded

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

gaze and gave a slight

was very composed and

Noelle only briefly before turning to

have matters to attend upstairs. I'll leave the interview to you, Mr.

Brian took a proper look at Noelle, and then motioned for

by Ronald just the previous night, mentioning it was for someone he recommended. Known for his impartiality, Brian would not grant

good sense of Ronald's character. Being Charles' right-hand man indicated

was not particularly interested in meeting Noelle, but Ronald's insistence that he would

rather unremarkable. However, the fact that she had managed a significant project caught his interest, suggesting she had

Brian assessed Noelle, she maintained her composure, showing neither arrogance

Brian.

Noelle," Noelle confirmed with a

reviewed your resume, Ms. Shaw. To be honest, your work experience is fairly ordinary. However, I'm curious about

department. "Mr. Hoffman, I've brought Mrs. Hoffman over. Brian should be interviewing her right now.

at Ronald