The Cherished Wife

Peter said he knew nothing about such feelings, but he knew better than anyone he had waited a year-no, ten years-and he had endured it all.

Charles reached out and patted Peter's shoulder. "In that case, hurry up and get the West City project done for me. After that, whatever you do with Lennon Group is none of my business."

Peter smiled faintly. He brushed Charles' hand off his shoulder and stood up. The two equally formidable men faced each other, neither losing ground.

"You've got it all planned out, haven't you? The West City project won't be finished in a year or two. Are you trying to delay Tania's return?"

Charles narrowed his eyes. "Or maybe you've got a better plan? Do you even know where Tania is now?"

Peter pressed his lips together. "Charles, if you ever fall into my hands, I'll make sure you experience what this feels like!"

"We'll see when that day comes." He then asked, "How's the investigation I asked you

skeptical gaze fixed on Charles. "Are you

ties with the Shaw family." Without doing so, his relationship with

a ticking time bomb. Although they did not pose much of a threat, desperate people could

from Clarisse's strong opposition, Maxwell would also be against it. Hence, Charles needed to sever Noelle's connections with the Shaw family as

why Charles agreed to Noelle's request to keep their relationship private for the time being. Once

could protect her, he was not sure of her thoughts or the unpredictable elements in play. Charles never did anything be was not confident about. Until these hidden threats

as for whether she's Julian's daughter, I still need to verify that. It's tricky because Noelle is already in

is definitely off. Both Sebastian and Samuel treat Noelle as if they

of Noelle's true background, their behavior would seem normal, but then the rest of the Shaw family's actions would