The Cherished Wife

Chapter 74

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Charles was right next door in the guest room. Noelle knocked and knocked; however, there was no answer, which left her confused. When she passed the study and saw the light on, she paused at the door.

The study door was slightly open, and there was Charles, lounging on the couch, buried under a mountain of paperwork.

He must have heard her because he looked up, and suddenly, they were eye to eye. Noelle felt her cheeks heat up and gave him a sheepish half–smile. “Aren’t you tired?”

Charles quirked an eyebrow, paperwork in hand. “Just finishing up some stuff,” he replied. “What about you? Couldn’t sleep?”

Noelle felt like a kid caught with her hand in the cookie jar, her gaze dropping to her slippers. Charles let out a soft chuckle. “Having trouble sleeping?”

She nodded. “Can I come in?”

shut

Noelle’s eyes widened in awe. Charles’s study was a world of its own, lined with shelves of books on economics, literary history, and anything else you could

his feet with a nod. “Is

the shelf. “I couldn’t sleep, sa I thought I would wander a bit.

papers for tomorrow. So, what’s up? You seem like you’ve got

her lip, struggling to meet his gaze. “Can we keep our marriage from my

quirked an eyebrow.

agreed to dating you, I never thought we’d tie the knot so fast. Grandpa won’t see it coming either.” Noelle was really thinking ahead, worried about Sebastian’s reaction. “If Grandpa finds out we’re married, he’s gonna grill us on why

“Why else? Since when do two people need a reason to

married. Grandpa’s going to read too much into it. We’re not stable yet, and I

not suppress a laugh and shook his head.