The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Noelle's eyes went wide again. "You're making stuff up, that was... that was just me admiring him!" Noelle had not seen anyone more good-looking than Steven. "However, Mr. Smith, you've got me all wrong. If you keep this up, I might just tell Charles or Steven, I think..." "Alright, alright, I was just kidding!" Sean quickly threw up his hands in surrender. "Can't a guy joke around?" Sean shook his head with a wry smile. "They say it's tough to deal with divas and drama kings."

"What was that?" Noelle acted like she did not catch his drift. "Mr. Smith?"

"Nothing, I was just saying you look really pretty!"

"What's taking you two so long?" Charles spun around to find Noelle and Sean whispering about something, lagging behind.

"Nothing much!" Noelle giggled, catching up quickly. "Mr. Smith just said he's super jealous of us!"

"Is that so?" Charles smirked, shooting a look at Sean, who could only shrug with a wry smile. "Yeah, I'm totally jealous. Even the singles wish they were you."

destination was right next to Sean's mansion. Noelle and Charles decided to drive together in

had bigged him up so much earlier, especially when Sean stopped

really into Mr. Fischer, huh?" Charles finally said after Noelle had rambled on

head quickly. "It's just that Mr. Smith was talking up Steven big time, saying that neither you nor Peter could take him in a fight. I'm just

"Sounds like you don't

way, I didn't mean that at all!" Noelle shook her head frantically. "Charles, how could I ever doubt you, right?" She plastered a smile on her face, but inside, her

caught Noelle's conflicted look and burst into laughter, reaching out to tousle her hair affectionately. "You're such a goof. Did I scare

hand away. "Not at all!" She

grinned. "Sean's got

and I put together might still fall short against Mr. Fischer he's really something else!" It was not a secret or anything to be embarrassed about. The whole gang had known for

up to him. Lucky for them, he and Peter were not on