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 with a

lined with shelves of books on economics, literary history, and anything else you could think of. “Wow, this is like

feet with a nod. “Is

as she picked up a random book from the shelf. “I couldn’t sleep, sa I thought I would wander a bit. I

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

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

an

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 thought

chuckled. “Why else? Since when do two people need a

her eyes filled with hope. “The thing is, I promised myself I wouldn’t end up with you, and now, out of the blue, we’re married. Grandpa’s going to read too much into it. We’re not stable yet, and I

and shook his head. “So are you saying