The Cherished Wife

Becky still felt a bit uncertain at first. However, remembering how Janet had practically humbled herself in front of her earlier, she nodded. "Alright then. Mr. Wells, do you need anything else?" Seeing Ronald wave her off, Becky returned to her work.

Ronald was right. Later that afternoon, Janet approached her again, saying she wanted to treat Becky to dinner that evening.

Becky hesitated for a moment, but after playing hard to get, she agreed, "Alright, fine."

"Great, it's settled, then. I'll wait for you in the parking lot after work. We can go shopping together," Janet said, looking at Becky.

Inwardly, she felt a sense of disdain, thinking to herself how Becky acted so aloof at first, only to give in to the lure of money in the end.

Meanwhile, Becky could not help but wonder when Charles would finally put an end to Janet's nonsense. She was growing incredibly tired of it all.

Noelle had been busy the entire day. Since it was the first day back after the holiday, there was a pile-up of work, and everyone was overwhelmed.

the time she finally caught a break, it was almost

up her desk, Arya came over, cheerfully tapping on Noelle's desk. "Noelle, how about we go shopping

raised an eyebrow. "What's gotten into you? Why do you want to go

been a while since I last saw you. Plus, with New Year's approaching, I thought

glanced at Noelle and added, "But you know, it's funny. I always invite you to go shopping, and you say

chuckled. "I just

she remembered that she could not return to Phoenix Tree not Sn't that big of Residence from today onward. This meant she had to keep her distance from

made Noelle feel a pang

right or wrong. After all, they were legally married-why should they have to hide it

situation. It was not just the Shaws eyeing them. There was also the trouble brewing with the Hoffmans