The Cherished Wife

Chapter 280

“Pfft!” Noelle could not help but laugh. “Do you think Grandpa will buy that?” Noelle gave Charles a once- over before adding, “You don’t seem like the kind to pester someone!”

Charles raised an eyebrow as he reached out to tap her on the nose. “That might not necessarily be the case!”

Noelle smacked his hand out of the way. “Hmph, then I’ll say that tomorrow, and we’ll see whether Grandpa believes you or not.” After giving it some thought, Noelle realized it truly was the only explanation they could give.

“Love is something that’s difficult to explain,” he said as he toyed with her hand. “Alright, let’s not discuss this any further. Where did you go today?”

Since Charles brought that up, Noelle was reminded of something that had happened. “I wasn’t expecting your predictions to be so accurate.”

“Oh?”

Charles led Noelle into their bedroom and began taking off his jacket. When he heard what Noelle said, he put his jacket down and motioned for her to continue.

on her lip as she picked up his jacket so that she could hang it up. “I went to the garden house today because Teresa wanted me to take a look at the account statements, and she mentioned that my mother and Winter were at the

his

her head. “They don’t know

you mention it,

talk to Xavier’s mom about his and Winter’s wedding!” Noelle replied, and when she noticed that Charles merely nodded in response without

the plan that Joseph is hatching, and there’s no way he

asked, “So, Xavier went to kick up that fuss at

toward me changed after learning that Grandpa transferred ownership of the stocks to me. He said some really

that his relationship with Winter was all for show, and he only did it for the shares she owned?” Charles asked softly, his

all surprised that Charles knew that. After all, given how smart he was,