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.”

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

to introduce him to her friend, he could not help but feel

one in the wrong? “I’ll talk to Rowena, then. We

he felt at the Hoffman family’s

Noelle teased, “Look at you. You said you weren’t even

grin. “It’s all

lip and stood up to start clearing the dishes, but Charles reached out to stop her. “I’ll

care of it!”

watching Charles

feelings for each other yet, they were married and living together. They would spend a

Noelle got a message from Rowena. She shared the news, and Rowena’s voice came through excitedly. “Awesome, let’s plan another meet–up. Your hubby must be loaded if

a moment. “Yeah, he’s

want to eat at the fanciest restaurant in

she teased. “So, are we thinking Bamboo