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.

It was Jade. “Noelle, you need to come to the hospital right

but she could not ignore family. Jade’s mention of the hospital made her anxious. “What’s

know? Your sister’s had an accident, and you didn’t even call. Now Grandpa’s sick. Are you going to pretend he’s not your grandpa now

Noelle was only thinking about her sick grandfather, not Jade’s

your fault!” Jade’s voice was angry and desperate. “What did you tell Grandpa? You made

Grandpa?” Noelle yelled.

shocked when Noelle’s voice boomed through the phone. She froze for a second before blurting

Jade could say another word. Jade glared at

hand. “Mom, don’t stress yourself out. Maybe Grandpa’s just tricking us. There’s no way he’d do that. I can’t believe it!” However, deep down, Winter was fuming. Why did

not superior to Winter in any way, but they treated her like she was the most important

believe it either, but…” Jade was so mad she could barely breathe. She turned to Julian, who had not said a word. “Come on. Say

say? That you made Dad so mad he ended up in the hospital?” Julian shot back, his