The Cherished Wife

Charles scrunched his forehead. "Chill. Don't sweat it." He gave Noelle's shoulder a reassuring pat. "He won't corner you like that again."

"Really?" Noelle was taken aback, sensing that something was off.

Maxwell did not seem to hate her, he was just dead set against her being with Charles.

Clarisse had made her feelings crystal clear when she came looking for Noelle-she could not stand her and did not want her anywhere near Charles, but Maxwell? He was a total enigma to Noelle.

"Come on, when have I ever lied to you? Let's just drop it for now. So, anything exciting happened at the construction site with Brian today?"

"Well, to be honest, I'm not sure. Mr. Parker and I had just gotten back to the Colossus Group, and before we could even head upstairs, your grandpa whisked me away," Noelle said with a helpless shrug. "But Mr. Parker did say something about you not wanting to open up the project for bidding, right?"

"Yep!" Charles confirmed with a nod. "I never planned to let it go to bid in the first place!"

"So, you were set on teaming up with Lennon Group from the get-go?"

kind of like doing Peter a solid," Charles said with a smirk. "Anything else you're curious about?" He gently

her belly

whip something up!" Charles declared, shedding his coat and rolling up his sleeves as he made his

not resist shaking his

cheeks tinged with

raising his hands with a chuckle. "But you should start calling me 'brother' next time," he teased. "It's not every day I get to one-up Charles. Man, does it feel good!" Noelle could not help but let out a snort of laughter, leaving Sean totally at a loss for words. "What's up? Does it bother you

way. I'm all

Noelle understood that Sean's attitude was all because of Charles. It was

at the

departed, Maxwell lingered for quite some time. James

"Time to head back."

swravel

moment, Maxwell rose and departed