The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Noelle snapped her seatbelt into place and shot back, "Scared? As if! What's there to be scared of?" She arched an eyebrow. "But you owe me an explanation, don't you think?"

Charles quirked an eyebrow, smoothed Noelle's tousled hair, swung the car around, and zoomed out of the parking lot.

"I figured with the way things are between us, you'd get it," Charles said, one hand on the wheel while the other playfully reached for Noelle's hand.

Noelle bit her lip, pretending to be miffed as she pouted and swatted Charles's hand away with a huff. "Get what? I don't get any of it. The only thing I know is that at lunch today, everyone was buzzing about the Colossus Group's big-shot president scoring a hot new secretary who's not just a looker but super capable too." She kept an eye on Charles's face as she spoke.

Charles glanced at his rejected hand and, hearing the tart edge in Noelle's voice, his eyebrows lifted, and a sly grin spread across his face. "Sounds like someone's got a case of the green-eyed monster, huh?"

"The only one green here is you!" Noelle snorted, her pride kicking in. "I've never been jealous a day in my life!"

"Oh, really?"

out and gently took Noelle's hand again, giving it a playful squeeze. "Her name's Janet. She's my

wind of the rumors, but hearing it straight from Charles made it

head, a soft laugh escaping him. "Yeah, he's got a son. He's a few years younger than meand

had a son, what was the

uncle's first love's

blood? Then your uncle... he must have really been in love with his

how Charles's mom treated Janet, she seemed to be quite fond of

practically raised by my uncle and my mom. My uncle adores her, and my mom... well, she's probably nice to