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!"

herself, she continued, "Stop calling me Mrs.

"Yes, yes. Of course."

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

was Noelle's first real

grand, with a very open view. She entered

Noelle, he beckoned her

"No. You

as she leisurely examined the

Noelle's behavior. Realizing he still had work to

he worked, she sat in the lounge area, picking up a magazine to

dull after a while, Noelle rested her chin on

always known Charles was very handsome, the kind of man one could not take their

had seen him work at home, where he exuded warmth. However,

Noelle inside. "Mr. Parker, this is Ms. Shaw. She's here for

gaze and gave a slight

was very composed and confident, showing no signs of

lingered on Noelle only briefly before turning

immediately understood. "I have matters to attend upstairs. I'll leave

proper look at Noelle, and then motioned for

Ronald just the previous night, mentioning it was for

a good sense

not particularly interested in meeting Noelle, but Ronald's insistence that he would regret not seeing her

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

assessed Noelle, she maintained her composure, showing neither arrogance nor

Brian. "Ms.

Noelle confirmed

her resume. "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. Can you tell me more about

Hoffman, I've brought Mrs.

glanced at Ronald