The Cherished Wife

Wife 121

Every table was occupied when they walked in. Thankfully, Noelle had made a reservation half an hour earlier. She looked embarrassed as she ruffled her hair and said, “Actually… We could go somewhere else for dinner!”

“It’s alright!” Charles said as he took Noelle’s hand and led her to the waiting area. She was stunned and allowed him to hold one of her hands while she used the other to hold their waiting number.

Charles let go of Noelle’s hand as they sat down, leaving her grasping air and feeling empty. She looked down at where Charles had been holding her just now, leaving her palm slightly damp.

A slight blush crept onto Noelle’s face as she gazed at her palm, and she hurriedly looked away, only to have her gaze collide with Charles‘ eyes. She felt her heart skip a beat as she instinctively tightened her hold on the number, the corner of her lips tugging upward as she said, “What a crowd!”

“Yeah,” Charles replied, the hint of a

smile appearing in his eyes. “No rush.”

“No rush, no rush!” Noelle said as she smiled. When she saw Charles extend his hand outward, she unfurled her fingers and smoothed out the strip of paper she was holding, a knowing look in her smiling eyes as she did so.

“Two tables left!”

Noelle felt slightly awkward. For some reason, it felt like Charles was doing this on purpose. She bit down on her lip as she said, “Yes, just a while more to go!”

Sure enough, the wait did not take too long. They only had to wait another two to three minutes before a table was available. Noelle sprang to her feet as she said, “Let’s go. It’s our turn!” Her hand instinctively grabbed Charles‘ hand as she got up. Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

Charles‘ eyebrows raised slightly as he looked at Noelle take his hand without prompt. The corner of his lip curled upward slightly as he allowed her to do as she pleased.

Noelle had acted on instinct, and by the time she realized what she had done, Charles was already holding her hand tightly. She wanted to remove her hand, but he had such a firm grip on it that she could not release him.

Since it was just the two of them, they were not given a particularly large table. However, it was enough for them.

Noelle wanted to accommodate Charles‘ palate, so she pushed the menu toward him and said, “Why don’t you pick? I forgot to ask if you could handle spicy food before we came here.”

She recalled having pretty mild food the past two days they spent at home, and there had not been many dishes that were particularly strongly flavored. Hence, she was worried he could

not handle what was coming.

Upon hearing that, Charles looked up, using his elegant fingers to pick up the menu as he said, “Anything is good!”

Noelle immediately understood that meant he could handle spicy food, but not anything extremely spicy. She nodded and said, “Let’s have something mildly spicy, then! Fish? Or…”

However, Charles pushed the menu back toward Noelle. “No need to make accommodations for me. Order whatever you feel like having!”

A glint appeared in Noelle’s beautiful eyes, and her smile reached her eyes as she said, ” Alright!”

Though she had agreed to that arrangement, she still went with only a mild spice in the end, and she also asked Charles for his opinion on every dish she found interesting. “They’re very popular, given all the customers here despite how late it is.”

“Indeed. You’ve got good taste, Nelly!”

Noelle had been sipping on a cup of tea, and she was stunned when she heard Charles nickname her so nonchalantly. For some reason, it felt like she had once heard that exact phrase in the past. She felt somewhat embarrassed and changed the topic. “You can just call me by my full name!”

“You don’t like being called Nelly?” Charles asked, the corner of his lips curving upward. “It’s not a nickname anyone else calls you.”

Noelle had nothing to say in response. She had merely mentioned offhandedly that he could call her that, but come to think of it, who in their right mind would use one’s birthday as part of one’s nickname? Thank goodness she had not asked him to call her number four, or else she would end up looking like a wannabe. She also secretly thanked the stars that her birthday did not have the number three in it.

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