The Cherished Wife

Chapter 16

“How can you even suggest something like that about me and Winter? It’s not because….

“Stop! Just stop. I can’t listen to another word, Xavier. You’re making me sick. Get out now before there’s nothing left of you in my heart.” Noelle shoved Zaver back, shooting him a look that could freeze lava. “And don’t you dare come back.”

With that, she fished her keys out of her bag, strode to the apartment door, flung it open, and disappeared inside. She felt like she would totally lose it if she spent one more second with

Xavier

Xavier watched Noelle’s back as she left, completely lost. How had things between them gone so horribly wrong?

Even if they could not be a couple, the bond they had once shared still lingered. He believed that if Noelle had even the slightest affection left for him, she would be mindful of his feelings. She should be cool about him and Winter being together, especially since Winter had once saved her life.

He planned to make things right with her, hoping they could return to the way things once were. Noelle would remain the same big–hearted, empathetic girl he had always known.

guy she had been with in the car. Otherwise, Noelle would never have acted so

completely drained. That talk with Xavier

her life.

weekend trying to shake everything off before returning to work. She believed that no matter what, life went on and one could not just ditch work. However, she had given herself too

“Look, that’s her! The girl

heard her sister even saved her life when they were

someone bite

she’s one of us?

the commanding air she carried or her standing in the company, but the women quickly scattered

even talk

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was erratic, her chest rising and falling