The Cherished Wife

Chapter 7

After leaving The Majestic Lounge, Noelle hailed a cab to get home. She had moved out of her childhood home a long time ago because of her messy relationship with her family and because it made it easier for her to go to and come back from work.

When Noelle got out of the cab, she stood and stared dazedly at the neighborhood she lived in. Xavier had helped her move out back then, and they even had plans to get engaged and then married when the time was right. She never imagined the entire thing to be nothing more than a joke and to be later reduced to nothing more than the ‘instigator’.

She felt like everything that happened yesterday was just a bad nightmare.

“Are you home, Noelle?”

When Noelle walked out of the elevator, she saw Winter standing by her front door with a worried look on her face. Her brows knitted themselves together instinctively, and she was about to turn and walk away when someone grabbed her arm. “Noelle.”

arm free of Xavier’s grasp. However, he kept a tight grip on her arm as he said, “Where have you been? Winter and I spent the entire night waiting for you. Do you

looked up and gazed directly into

clicking against the floor as she brushed Xavier’s arm away without batting an eyelid and held Noelle instead. “Noelle, I know this is our fault, but Xavier and I truly are in love. You were gone the entire year

for taking care of Xavier when you already knew he was my boyfriend. Do you have a conscience, Winter Shaw?” Noelle

a scream

appeared on his face as he swept his sharp gaze over Noelle. “This is too much, Noelle. Winter and I might have wronged you, but what’s done is done, and we’ve already gotten engaged.

grip on yourself. Didn’t I give

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