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?"

This time... it's kind of like doing Peter a solid," Charles said with a smirk. "Anything else you're curious about?"

patted her belly and

his coat and rolling up his sleeves as he made his way

had been watching Noelle and Charles the whole time, and he could not resist shaking

turned to him, her cheeks tinged with pink.

it," Sean said, 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

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Noelle understood that Sean's attitude was all because of

the

quite some time. James noticed Maxwell's troubled look and quickly

"Time to head back."

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moment, Maxwell rose and departed the villa with