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.”

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

to introduce him to her friend, he could not

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

Hoffman family’s old house. He polished off the meal Noelle

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

grin. “It’s all

stood up to start clearing the dishes,

care of it!”

nodded and stepped back, watching Charles as he

and Charles did not have strong feelings for each other yet, they

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 he’s giving you sports

a moment. “Yeah, he’s pretty

at the fanciest restaurant in town

“You and your big stomach!” she teased. “So, are we thinking Bamboo Grave