The Cherished Wife

Chapter 205

Now that she understood Charles’s reasons, Noelle felt her frustration fade away.

Charles then sat down beside her, gently holding her hand on his knee. He cupped her face in his hands, and they looked into each other’s eyes, understanding each other without words.

Noelle’s heart raced a little. She looked away, but Charles gently turned her face back to him. “Trust me, okay?”

She nodded. “I trust you!”

Charles gave a small smile. “Time to eat!”

They both enjoyed their meal. When it was over, Noelle got up to clear the dishes, but Charles stopped her. “I’ll take care of it. We’re in this together, right?”

Feeling a warm glow, Noelle did not argue and stepped aside to watch Charles clean up the table and start washing the dishes.

phone rang. It was Jade. “Noelle, you need to

brow furrowed. She did not want to deal with Jade, but she could not ignore family. Jade’s mention

call. Now Grandpa’s sick. Are you going to pretend he’s not your grandpa now too?

Noelle was only thinking about her sick grandfather, not Jade’s harsh words. “What

and desperate. “What did you tell Grandpa? You made

Noelle

boomed through the phone. She froze for

could say another word. Jade glared at her

just tricking us. There’s no way he’d do that. I can’t believe it!”

superior to Winter in any way, but they treated her like she was the most important person in the

believe it either, but…” Jade was so mad she could barely breathe. She turned to Julian, who had not

his eyes sharp. “If anything