The Cherished Wife

Chapter 55

Chapter 55

Meanwhile, Ronald escorted two colleagues away when a sudden chill crept over him, a gut feeling that something was off. “Seriously? Mr. Hoffman can’t be that ruthless, can he?”

Noelle listened as Charles did something he hardly ever did: he admitted he was wrong. She had to admit that part of the blame was on her for not being more alert. She glanced down at how close she and Charles were standing and felt her cheeks heat up again.

She gently pushed away Charles’s hand and turned her head to hide her flushed face. “Where are my clothes?”

Charles narrowed his eyes, feeling the loss of warmth from his hand, and looked away. “Head upstairs

first.”

“Okay.”

really have just married Charles like that? It all had

noticed that his house was tastefully decorated, with a simple yet sophisticated style that did not quite match the over–the–top luxury she expected from the homes

started looking for her belongings. That was when she spotted her phone in Charles’s room. She grabbed it in a hurry and saw

quickly and was bombarded with a bunch of missed calls. Most were from Xavier, but there

her lip and dialed her Grandpa Sebastian’s number first. He picked up almost immediately.

“My phone died last night. Did

rang me up in the dead of night, worried sick, asking if I had any clue where you were.

toward the Shaw clan. Noelle had sensed his chill–not just with the Shaws but with

so after we celebrated granddad’s big day,

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