The Cherished Wife

Chapter 113

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Charles asked, catching Noelle’s gaze.

Noelle quickly looked away, feeling a bit awkward. “Oh… Rowena mentioned she wants to meet you soon.”

Charles stopped eating for a moment. Noelle, noticing his silence, felt a flutter of worry. Charles was not the kind of man whose time came cheap.

“Um… If you’re too busy, that’s totally fine. My friend just wanted to make sure I’m being taken care of. That’s all!” Noelle said, feeling a bit embarrassed. Charles just smiled and asked, “When?”

“Huh?” Noelle blinked, then quickly added, “Anytime, really. Whenever you’re free. I hope it’s not too much

trouble.”

“Not at all,” Charles replied, his eyes crinkling with a smile. “I’d be happy to meet your friend. It’s not a

bother at all.”

quite grasped her role in their relationship yet, which was why he had not introduced her to his friends. However, when he heard her call him ‘husband‘ to her friend Rowena over the phone today, he felt a warm sense of pride. She was finally acting

to her friend, he could not

puzzled by Charles’s tone. Was she the one in the

was genuinely cheerful, a stark change from the gloominess he felt at the Hoffman family’s

“Look at

grin. “It’s all mine,

her lip and stood up to start clearing the

care of it!”

back, watching Charles

strong feelings for each other yet, they were married and living together. They would spend a lot of time together. Feelings could grow over

shared the news, and Rowena’s voice came through

pondered for a moment.

I want to eat at the fanciest restaurant in town and order the priciest dish they’ve got!” Rowena

teased. “So, are we thinking Bamboo Grave