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?”

his folder shut with

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 think of.

a nod. “Is there something on your

the shelf. “I couldn’t sleep, sa I thought I would wander a bit. I saw your guest room door shut, so I knocked but got no answer. You were hiding out here,

I got caught up with work stuff. I need some of these papers for tomorrow. So, what’s up?

his gaze. “Can we keep our marriage from my Grandpa for

quirked an

is. I’ve just come out of a relationship. He might’ve wanted to set us up, but I told him nothing would… ever happen!” She blushed a shade deeper. “Even if I had agreed to dating you, I never

Since when do two people need a reason to

married.

shook his head. “So are you saying you can’t stand