Chapter Wife 113

Chapter 113 “Why are you looking at me like that?” Charles asked, catching Noelle’s gaze.

Noelle quickly looked away, feeling a bit awkward. “Oh… Rowena mentioned she wants to meetyou soon.”

Charles stopped eating for a moment. Noelle, noticing his silence, felt a flutter of worry. Charles wasnot the kind of man whose time came cheap.

“Um… If you’re too busy, that’s totally fine. My friend just wanted to make sure I’m being taken careof. That’s all!” Noelle said, feeling a bit embarrassed. Charles just smiled and asked, “When?”

“Huh?” Noelle blinked, then quickly added, “Anytime, really. Whenever you’re free. I hope it’s nottoo much trouble.”

“Not at all,” Charles replied, his eyes crinkling with a smile. “I’d be happy to meet your friend. It’s nota bother at all.”

Charles had been concerned that Noelle had not quite grasped her role in their relationship yet,which was why he had not introduced her to his friends. However, when he heard her call him‘husband‘ to her friend Rowena over the phone today, he felt a warm sense of pride. She was finallyacting like a wife.

Now that she wanted to introduce him to her friend, he could not help but feel thrilled.

Noelle bit her lip, puzzled by Charles’s tone. Was she the one in the wrong? “I’ll talk to Rowena,then. We can pick a time later, okay?”

“Sure!” Charles was genuinely cheerful, a stark change from the gloominess he felt at the Hoffmanfamily’s old house. He polished off the meal Noelle brought home, nearly licking the plate clean.

Watching him eat, Noelle teased, “Look at you. You said you weren’t even hungry!”

Charles flashed a grin. “It’s all mine, right?”

Noelle bit her lip and stood up to start clearing the dishes, but Charles reached out to stop her. “I’lltake care of it!”

She nodded and stepped back, watching Charles as he busied himself.

She lingered before heading upstairs, thinking she might have been making things too complicated.Even though she and Charles did not have strong feelings for each other yet, they were marriedand living together. They would spend a lot of time together. Feelings could grow over time, right?

Back in her room, Noelle got a message from Rowena. She shared the news, and Rowena’s voicecame through excitedly. “Awesome, let’s plan another meet–up. Your hubby must be loaded if he’sgiving you sports cars, huh?”

Noelle pondered for a moment. “Yeah, he’s pretty rich.”

“Perfect. Tell him I want to eat at the fanciest restaurant in town and order the priciest dish they’vegot!” Rowena cheered.

Noelle laughed. “You and your big stomach!” she teased. “So, are we thinking Bamboo GraveHouse or Noblesse House?”

Just then, Noelle looked up to see Charles at the bedroom door. She hesitated, feeling a bitawkward 1/2 +15 BONUS about lying on the bed. She quickly sat up. “Do you need anything?”

Charles smiled. “Let’s go to Bamboo Grove House.”

“You were listening to my conversation?” Noelle’s eyes went wide in surprise.

Charles just shrugged and held his hands out wide. “You were the one talking so loud.”

Noelle puffed out her cheeks, looking a bit upset. “That doesn’t mean you can listen in!” Shepaused, then suggested, “Maybe we could go to Bamboo Grave House?”

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