The Cherished Wife by Chweety

"She does look a bit like her, but it's not her." Henry sighed softly. "This girl seems quite nice."

He turned to Ronald behind him and asked, "When did Charlie get married? Why didn't we know anything about it?"

"Well... Mr. Hoffman got married about five months ago. It's not just you, many people don't know about it," Ronald explained.

Since Charles had invited Henry and Nancy over today, and Noelle had openly acknowledged the marriage, Ronald assumed Charles was not planning on hiding it from Henry and Nancy, so he decided to be upfront.

Henry and Nancy were both shocked. They had not expected that Charles not only got married but had done so quite early and had kept it hidden for so long. Five months ago meant that Charles got married around the time when Robert had his incident. This kid really kept things under wraps, fooling everyone. If he had not invited them over today, they would probably still be in the dark.

"This girl..."

"Rest assured, she's very nice. You can see she really loves Mr. Hoffman, and he loves her just as much," Ronald added, sharing the conclusion he had reached after observing them for some time their relationship truly was strong.

there's nothing more to say. But is the reason Charlie called us over

merely smiled, not answering directly. "Mr. Henry, you'll know soon

nodded, then helped Nancy as they went

already known Henry and Nancy had arrived the moment

massaging Charles' temples. "How are you feeling? Any better?" Charles nodded. "Much

that's the case, let's head downstairs. Uncle

"Did you meet them?"

but they seemed really surprised to see me, especially when they heard

girl," Charles

hand. "We'd have to

Uncle Henry and Aunt Nancy are the most open-minded in the Hoffmans. grew up with them, and they're very

nodded in understanding. "I think I made a good impression