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.”

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

him to her friend, he

the wrong? “I’ll talk to Rowena, then. We can pick a time later,

felt at the Hoffman family’s old

teased, “Look at you. You said you

a grin. “It’s all mine,

the dishes, but Charles reached out

care of it!”

nodded and stepped back, watching Charles as he

before heading upstairs, thinking she might have been making things too complicated. Even though she and Charles did not have strong feelings for each other yet, they were married and living together. They would spend a lot of time together.

She shared the news, and Rowena’s voice came through

moment. “Yeah, he’s

eat at the fanciest restaurant in town and order the priciest

she teased. “So, are we thinking Bamboo