The Cherished Wife



"I'm not sure either, but her attitude toward me was strange. She doesn't even know who I am, so why be so hostile?" Noelle could not figure it out. "Did you forget? We danced the opening dance together," Charles reminded her. "You probably don't know J's personality well. She targets any woman who gets close to me. You and Winter are perfect examples."

With that, Noelle began to understand. All she did was dance with Charles, and there were hardly any other interactions between them at the year- end party.

Winter, too, only tried to cozy up to Charles. However, he did give her the endorsement in the end.novelbin

Wait, the endorsement?

Noelle's eyes widened. "So, you had this planned all along? You intentionally gave the endorsement to Winter so that J would go after her? And with today's news, J will definitely target Winter!"

Noelle finally pieced it together. "I thought you came up with this plan on the spot, but you had it in mind from the beginning?"

Charles nodded. "See, I knew my Nelly was very smart."

"So, the fact that I drew that number was also part of your arrangement. I had suspected that earlier. But when J looked so shocked, it seemed like she was convinced you should've picked her number. Did she swap the box?"

Seeing Charles nod, Noelle fully understood. J's hatred made sense now-it was because of this incident.

"You knew all along she swapped

the box. It must have been filled with only her number slips, so no matter which one you picked, it would be hers. But she didn't expect you to have someone switch the box back. So the final box had all my number stips, didn't it?"

Noelle laughed, shaking her head. "You're something else, Charles. You're the one behind this, yet I'm the one J resents. How unfair is that?" She then shrugged. "So, how do you plan to compensate me?"

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"Compensate?" Charles smirked, lifting her chin with his long finger. His eyes narrowed mischievously.

"What kind of compensation do you want? Isn't it enough that you already have all of me?"

"That doesn't count. You were mine from the start!" Noelle slapped his hand away and grabbed his wrist.

Using his strength, she sat up from his lap and turned to face him directly Either way, I took the fall for you this time, so you owe me compensation. And I'll be the one to decide what it is!"

Charles raised his hands in surrender. "Alright."

"Anything you want," he agreed with a grin. "But before that, I need to ask something from you."

Without any warning, he pulled her into his arms. He shifted their position so that he was now pinning her underneath him. Noelle gasped. "Charles Hoffman, get off me! What are you doing? I don't owe you anything, so what do you want from me?"