The Cherished Wife by Chweety

Charles scrunched his forehead. "Chill. Don't sweat it." He gave Noelle's shoulder a reassuring pat. "He won't corner you like that again."

"Really?" Noelle was taken aback, sensing that something was off.

Maxwell did not seem to hate her, he was just dead set against her being with Charles.

Clarisse had made her feelings crystal clear when she came looking for Noelle-she could not stand her and did not want her anywhere near Charles, but Maxwell? He was a total enigma to Noelle.

"Come on, when have I ever lied to you? Let's just drop it for now. So, anything exciting happened at the construction site with Brian today?"

"Well, to be honest, I'm not sure. Mr. Parker and I had just gotten back to the Colossus Group, and before we could even head upstairs, your grandpa whisked me away," Noelle said with a helpless shrug. "But Mr. Parker did say something about you not wanting to open up the project for bidding, right?"

"Yep!" Charles confirmed with a nod. "I never planned to let it go to bid in the first place!"

"So, you were set on teaming up with Lennon Group from the get-go?"

Charles said with a smirk. "Anything else you're curious about?" He gently ran his

her belly and nodded.

shedding his coat and rolling up his sleeves as he made his way

the whole time, and he could not resist shaking his head with a tsk.

cheeks tinged with pink.

"It's not every day I get to one-up Charles. Man, does it

way. I'm all for

Noelle understood that Sean's attitude was all because of

at the

and his crew had departed, Maxwell lingered for quite some time. James noticed Maxwell's troubled look and

"Time to head back."

swravel

rose and departed the villa with

keep quiet. "They cut the tendons in their hands