The Cherished Wife

“I’m not sure,” Ronald admitted. “The video did come from an IP address associated with the York family, but whether Simon was responsible is unclear. Our team intercepted it, but Julian also received a copy.

“Mr. Hoffman, what do you think Simon and Julian are up to?” Ronald was puzzled. “Simon has everything he could want. Why target your wife? And Julian, he’s her father, yet… Ronald caught himself almost misspeaking and quickly corrected, “Yet he behaves like this.”

Charles replied coldly, “Profit, of course. What else do businessmen care about? Noelle doesn’t have shares in City Ring Corp. Logically, marrying her to Xavier would be the best choice as it wouldn’t remove any shares from City Ring Corp. But he didn’t do that!”

Charles was also puzzled regarding this matter. If Julian intended to give Noelle to Simon, he must have expected to gain something from Simon.

“Find out what happened between Noelle and the Shaw family!” Charles sensed something was off. Although Noelle was also a child of the Shaw family, she did not seem to be treated as one, especially compared to Winter. “And don’t mention this to Noelle for now.”

“Yes!” Ronald nodded. He was not foolish. He could see from Charles‘ recent behavior that he had feelings for Noelle. Even if they were not in a romantic relationship yet, there was definitely a special

sentiment.

“Mr. Hoffman, I want to talk to Mr. Lennon’s assistant. Can you help me set it up?”

“Do it yourself!” Charles hung up the phone just as he heard a knock on the door. “Come in!”

Noelle gathered her courage and pushed the door open. Seeing Charles with his phone, seemingly just having finished a call, she bit her lip. “Am I disturbing you?”

Charles smiled and gestured for her to come closer. “Come here.”

Feeling more relieved, Noelle walked over and glanced at the items on his desk. “It’s late. Why aren’t you in bed?”

Charles raised an eyebrow, his gaze shifting from Noelle’s face to her body with a hint of amusement. Noelle felt a slight shiver under his gaze and followed his eyes, immediately left out a gasp.

She quickly pulled her neckline together. “What are you looking at?!” she scolded, giving Charles a playful glare. “Stop looking!”

Charles could not help but laugh. “My darling wife, you come in the middle of the night dressed so seductively. Were you not trying to tempt me? Plus, weren’t you inviting me to join you in bed earlier?” he teased.

Noelle felt flustered, her logic nearly giving in to his words.

She frowned slightly. “I… I came here to ask you something…”

“Hmm?” Charles raised an eyebrow. “What is it?”

“You know, about the video Mr. Wells sent tonight. About me. You were there that day. You know it’s not what it looks like, right?”

Noelle’s face reddened. Remembering the event made her uncomfortable. “I don’t know why he did it or what my father and the others are planning. Charles, you’ll help me, won’t you?”

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