The Cherished Wife

Autumn had painted Brookville in shades of gold and crimson when Noelle Shaw stepped off the plane. She grabbed her suitcase and walked out into the crisp air, a familiar sense of home wrapping around her.

A whole year had passed since she left to pursue a corporate training program overseas, and now, she was back just in time.

Her third anniversary with her boyfriend Xavier Harris was just days away, and she had been working nonstop to make it back early enough to surprise him.

She hailed a cab and headed straight for Xavier's office. The moment she walked through the front doors, Alice, the receptionist, gave her a look of total shock. "Ms. Shaw? You’re back? Are you here for the CEO's engagement party?"

Noelle's brow creased in confusion. "The CEO's engagement party? What are you talking about, Alice?"

"It's Mr. Harris's engagement party with your sister!"

"What?" Noelle's heart skipped a beat, and the happiness drained from her face. "Whose engagement party?"

Alice seemed to realize she had dropped a bombshell and nervously swallowed. "The CEO... and your sister..."

"Where is it happening?"

"The... Golden Oasis Hotel."

on her heel and rushed out. "Driver,

Xavier was with his arm around Winter Shaw, who looked stunning in

herself up. Xavier was her boyfriend. He was hers! The idea of him getting engaged to her sister was just too bizarre.

sweet nothings into Winter's ear,

anger, her

boyfriend of three years, the one she had been with through thick and thin, was now cozying

Xavier when she spotted Noelle. Her face drained of color, and her grip on Xavier's hand tightened without her

smile before walking over to Noelle.

twisting in her heart. Noelle clenched her jaw. "Celebrate? Celebrate you stabbing me

she could finish, a slap snapped her head to the side, leaving her

tears brimming in her eyes, she looked up in disbelief.

happy for her? Instead, you show up here to make a scene. You're doing this on