The Cherished Wife (Noelle and Charles)
Wife 10

Wife 10

Chapter 10

Noelle slept through the night, but she was not in very high spirits when she awoke. As she gazedat her pale face and puffy eyes reflected in the mirror, she vehemently splashed water. at her eyesuntil some color returned to her cheeks. Then, she propped her hands against the sink dispiritedlyand gazed at herself sadly.

“Wake up, Noelle! There aren’t any hardships that you can’t get past!”

After preparing herself mentally, she began putting on makeup. She heaved a sigh of relief when ållsigns of disheveledness could no longer be seen on her face. However, she frowned when she sawher grandfather, Sebastian, her maternal grandfather, calling her. She hurriedly answered, “Hello,Grandpa? What’s the matter?”

“You haven’t forgotten that I asked you to come home today, have you?” Sebastian’s voice rang out.He might be getting on in age, but his voice was filled with as much vim and vigor as it had duringhis younger years. He had his many years of delivering lectures to students

to thank for that.

Noelle was stunned when she heard Sebastian say that. “Grandpa, I… Alright, alright. I’ll comehome. I’ll drop by, alright?”

Noelle gazed at her phone with a vexed expression for a long while before she heaved a sigh andgrabbed her handbag to leave the house.

Her initial plan had been to head to work, but after everything that had happened in the past twodays, she decided to change her plans. She first went grocery shopping at a nearby supermarketbefore heading to her grandfather’s home.

It had been an entire year since she had left Brookville, and she had spent all her time workingwithout paying a single visit, only making the occasional phone call to her grandfather. She feltslightly sheepish when she arrived at the front door and waited for May, the family to open the doorfor her. “Ms. Noelle, you’re home? Why didn’t you come in

yourself? Quick, quick, come in!”

May took Noelle’s hand in hers and smiled as she said, “Sir Jenkins has guests today.”

“Guests?” Noelle asked curiously, “What guests? Didn’t Grandpa say…” Before Noelle managed tofinish her sentence, she heard Sebastian’s voice ringing from the room, “Charles, it’s been so longsince you’ve visited. Have you been busy?”

Noelle was holding a gift in her arms, and May reached out to take it from her. When she looked up,she saw a man sitting with his back to her in the living room. He seemed familiar, and it confusedher momentarily.

“Noelle, you’ve arrived,” Sebastian said as he smiled and gazed at Noelle. However, the smilevanished from his face when he saw the gifts in her arms. “It’s enough that you dropped by. Whydid you get a gift as well? I don’t need anything more.”

Despite that, Sebastian still beckoned May to bring the gift over. “Come here, quick. Let me. take agood look at you.”

Noelle handed the gift to May and walked over to Sebastian after slipping on a pair of houseslippers. “Long time no see, Grandpa. I’ve missed you so much!” Noelle said as she tookSebastian’s arm and rested her cheek against it, swinging to and fro as she asked, “Did you missme, Grandpa?”

“Not at all,” Sebastian said as he gently clapped Noelle’s forehead. “Watch yourself. Have you notnoticed my guest?”

Sebastian took Noelle’s hand in his and walked over. “Allow me to introduce you to mygranddaughter, Charles. Noelle, this is a student of mine. His name is Charles Hoffman.” The lookof surprise in Noelle’s eyes betrayed her, and she burst out, “What are you doing here?”

Charles turned, and his good–looking face appeared in her vision. His gentle eyes settled their gazeon her before he said, “Greetings, Ms. Shaw.”

Sebastian cocked an eyebrow, his shrewd gaze landing on both Charles and Noelle as he asked,“Do you guys know each other?”

Noelle’s heart skipped a beat when she saw the look in Sebastian’s eyes, and she hurriedly said,“Haha, we’ve met once. Mr. Hoffman helped me out when I ran into some trouble. Isn’t that right,Mr. Hoffman?”

Noelle waggled her eyebrows at Charles as she spoke, hinting that he should watch what he said.The corner of Charles‘ lips curled upward slightly when he understood what Noelle was trying to tellhim, and he added, “That’s right, Sir, Ms. Shaw and I have met previously. But given the high spiritsyou seem to be in, I gather you’ve gotten over your grief, Ms. Shaw?”

“…” Noelle gritted her teeth and narrowed her eyes.

This man!

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