The Cherished Wife

Chapter 138



Charles chuckled and shook his head. He gently patted Noelle's head. "Do you think she wouldn't hold a grudge against you if you didn't do this?" Noelle sighed, reluctantly admitting the truth in Charles' words. Still, she decided to avoid Winter as much as possible in the future. "You don't understand. Winter doesn't let things go easily. She—"

Charles shook his head. "It seems like she bullied you often in the past, didn't she?"

Noelle gave a bitter smile. "I guess it's pretty obvious!"

Moreover, she would always end up on the losing side. To avoid direct confrontations with Winter, Noelle moved out early and only returned for family gatherings to see her grandfather, Samuel.

Charles' deep eyes settled on Noelle, and he could tell from her resigned expression that she had often been at a disadvantage with Winter over the years. "She's quite something."

Noelle raised an eyebrow. "I didn't expect you to compliment her!" She noticed the shoes being packed by the sales attendant, and the manager had come over as well.

"Mr. Hoffman, these shoes..."

frowned slightly, taking the shoes. "What about those

He nodded. "Go ahead and change. It's better not to wear high heels when you go out." He paused and then continued with a smile, "You can

off with Charles' words.

hearing Charles and

Noelle well if she ever came to shop here again. He signaled to the sales attendant and turned to Charles. "Mr. Hoffman, I'll go back to work

looked at Noelle and asked,

much more

and then approached Charles. Without the height boost from the heels, Noelle seemed quite

Noelle was 5'5" tall and considered above average for women, she still looked small next to Charles, who

bag from the sales attendant, and thanked her. She then looked

Noelle. He gave the sales attendant