The Cherished Wife

Chapter 54

Charles had just seen Ronald and the others out. Coming back, he caught Noelle’s incredulous question and chuckled. “Yep, we’re married now.”

Noelle’s hands flew to her cheeks, surprised to find Charles right behind her. Flustered, she got to her feet quickly. “It’s late. I should head back.”

“Noelle!” Charles’s voice stopped her in her tracks, and she halted, her steps halting just as quickly. She turned around stiffly, a puzzled “Huh?” escaping her lips.

Charles was barely holding back a laugh at Noelle’s adorably confused look. “It’s actually morning,” he said.

Noelle’s cheeks flamed even hotter. “Morning?” It was probably the most embarrassed she had ever been around Charles.

Ever since meeting Charles, Noelle felt like her life had become a series of increasingly embarrassing moments. Every encounter with him seemed to leave her more flustered than the last.

Charles watched her, the teasing mood fading. He stepped closer and gently pushed a stray lock of hair behind her ear. “You want to head back?”

She nodded earnestly. “Yeah, I really should go.”

a sigh. “Fine, I’ll take

Charles one to break it. “Seriously, look

glanced down at her outfit and felt her cheeks burn even

been wearing Charles’s shirt the whole time. Sure, it was

staff members had been here earlier. She wondered

the

her lip, Noelle shot Charles a look of betrayal. “Why…. why didn’t you tell me?” She was a lady, after all. The staff might have been women, but Ronald was

looks Ronald had been giving her, always looking away so

sadness and embarrassment, Noelle thought about how nobody had bothered to tell her what she looked like. She had taken a

she wanted to disappear into the ground. Charles was definitely to blame. He was the one who

was dying of embarrassment, Charles was the picture of cool

watched Noelle’s face flicker with a mix of emotions, a playful smirk dancing on his lips. He reached out, hands firm on her shoulders,

knocked his hands away.