The Cherished Wife (Noelle and Charles)
Wife 125

Wife 125

Chapter 125

Before heading in, Charles acted like any other diligent boyfriend and purchased popcorn andsoda.

Noelle held the bucket of popcorn in her arms and glanced sideways at the man standing next toher. When she saw the bottles of soda in his hands, she gulped. “Actually, you didn’t have to…”

“Shush!” Cha

Charles said as he placed a finger on Noelle’s lips. “Time to head in.”

It was the evening, which made it the perfect time for most couples to go on dates. Hence, themovie theatre was nearly filled by the time they entered the room. Noelle and Charles‘ seats werenearer to the corner, and they had to traipse across the room to get to it.

When they finally sat down, Noelle heaved a sigh of relief. “It’s been so long since I last watched amovie. I wasn’t expecting there to be so many people!”

“Yeah!” Charles helped Noelle hold on to her bag, and he waited until she had settled down beforehanding her a bottle of soda. “Thirsty?”

Noelle shook her head. “I’m alright!” However, she still accepted the bottle and took a sip of soda.

“This place is near Vista University, so there are a lot of students,” Charles said. Noelle glancedaround the room and noted that it was indeed filled with plenty of young couples. She chuckled asshe nodded and said, “Yes, the fact that it’s so near Vista University means

there are lots of students here. But the students now are so much braver than we used to be:

I can’t believe they aren’t even trying to keep a low profile.”

“Huh? You dated while in university?” Charles asked as he exhaled. Noelle glanced at him sidewaysand pursed her lips. “Isn’t that normal?” Then, she asked, “Didn’t you date while you were inuniversity?”

Charles chuckled and reached a hand out to ruffle Noelle’s hair. “You’re being a smartass.”

Noelle pushed Charles‘ hand away. “I’m not being a smartass. I’m just stating the truth. At this age,we’re all bound to have some history,” she said as she turned to look at Charles again. “I refuse tobelieve that you never dated while in college!”

The corner of Charles‘ lips curled upward as he placed his fingers on the armrest between themand took Noelle’s hand in his. Noelle blushed. “What are you doing?”

All he replied was, “Watching the movie!”

Noelle seemed to have more to say, but she decided against it when she noticed Charles‘ fullattention was on the screen. She could feel his hand on her finger and him squeezing it lightly fromtime to time.

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Her entire body trembled slightly, feeling like an electric current was running through it. This sort ofnumbing feeling was not one she had ever experienced before.

Noelle kept thinking of ways to remove her hand from Charles‘ grasp. She could not even focus onwatching the movie. However, whenever she tried to remove her hand, he seemed to intentionallytighten his hold by the tiniest bit.

Noelle bit down on her lip. “Let me go.”

“Stop it,” Charles said in a low voice. He continued playing with Noelle’s finger as he chuckled andsaid, “I entered university before I was even eighteen years old. Have you forgotten?”

This s

stunned Noelle, and she turned to look at Charles‘ side profile. The shadowy lights of the theatreintersected on his well–defined side profile, and she felt her pulse gradually start to

race.

The movie just so happened to be focusing on the interactions between the male and female lead atthe time. Noelle felt her heart skip a beat as the hold on her finger tightened slightly.

He placed her hand on his thigh and lightly tapped the tip of their fingers together as he asked, “So,Nelly, this is the sort of movie girls like? Ones with domineering CEOs?”

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