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."

gut. Noelle spun on her heel and rushed out. "Driver, take

with his arm around Winter Shaw, who

Xavier was her boyfriend. He was hers! The idea of him getting engaged to her sister was

sweet nothings into Winter's ear, making her cheeks turn

felt a surge of anger, her eyes

been with through thick and thin, was

in arm with Xavier when she spotted Noelle.

Noelle's. He paused for a split second, then flashed Winter a comforting smile before walking over to Noelle. "Hey Noelle, did you

her jaw. "Celebrate? Celebrate you stabbing me in the back? And Winter, really? Are you that desperate

could finish, a slap snapped her head to the

in her eyes, she looked

sister acts the way you're acting? It's your sister's engagement, and you can't even be happy for