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.

finally caught a break,

tidying up her desk, Arya came over, cheerfully tapping on Noelle's desk.

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

you. Plus, with New Year's approaching, I thought

it's funny. I always invite you to go shopping, and you say you don't have time. But your clothes are always so nice. When do you even have the time to buy

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not return to Phoenix Tree not Sn't that big of Residence

made Noelle feel a pang of

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

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