The Cherished Wife

Arya happened to come over just then. "Mr. Parker, are you heading out now? Are you going to West City?"

"Yes." Brian took the documents from Arya, glanced at them, and said, "Redo these. Also, you don't need to come with me today. Noelle will accompany me. I need the revised data on my desk by the time I return."

He handed the documents back to Arya. "Understood?"

Arya quickly came to her senses but shot a meaningful glance at Noelle. Noelle returned the look with a kind smile.

Brian did not pay much attention to the exchange. When he noticed Noelle was not following him, he turned back with a hint of displeasure. "Ms. Shaw, you've just joined the company. Do you want to leave a bad impression on your boss right away?"

"I'm coming right now!" Noelle hurried to catch up.

rookie. Aren't you worried about what others might say if you take me along on an outing so soon?" Noelle had not thought much of it at first, but Arya's glance just now clearly felt different from

and then glanced sideways at Noelle. "Don't forget that you came to Collosus Group to

work. For him, work was work, and personal matters were to be handled during personal time. He was not interested

her lips. "I understand." She realized that Brian was right, leaving her with

help but think that starting her new job by potentially making

the point, Brian said no

City. It's a bit out of the way. If you're not up for it, now's your chance to back out." "The West City Development Project?" Noelle's eyes lit up.

night before and assumed it was still in the planning stages. She had

nodded. "Yes, it's the West City

we're going for

phone to search for information on West City, its geography,