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    Charles was right next door in the guest room. Noelle knocked and knocked; however, there was no


    answer, which left her confused. When she passed the study and saw the light on, she paused at


    the door.


    The study door was slightly open, and there was Charles, lounging on the couch, buried under a


    mountain of paperwork.


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    He must have heard her because he looked up, and suddenly, they were eye to eye. Noelle felt her


    cheeks heat up and gave him a sheepish half–smile. “Aren’t you tired?”


    Charles quirked an eyebrow, paperwork in hand. “Just finishing up some stuff,” he replied. “What


    about you? Couldn’t sleep?”


    Noelle felt like a kid caught with her hand in the cookie jar, her gaze dropping to her slippers.


    Charles let out a soft chuckle. “Having trouble sleeping?”


    She nodded. “Can Ie in?”


    “Sure thing.” Charles snapped his folder shut with a smile. “Come on in!”


    Stepping inside, Noelle’s eyes widened in awe. Charles’s study was a world of its own, lined with


    shelves of books on economics, literary history, and anything else you could think of. “Wow, this is


    like a library! My grandpa’s a big book collector too!”


    Charles got to his feet with a nod. “Is there something on your mind?”


    Noelle fidgeted, her cheeks warming as she picked up a random book from the shelf. “I couldn’t


    sleep, sa I thought I would wander a bit. I saw your guest room door shut, so I knocked but got no


    answer. You were hiding out here, then!”


    “Yeah, I got caught up with work stuff. I need some of these papers for tomorrow. So, what’s up?


    You seem like you’ve got something serious to say.”


    “I…” Noelle chewed on her lip, struggling to meet his gaze. “Can we keep our marriage from my


    Grandpa for a bit?”


    Charles quirked an eyebrow. “Why?”


    “You know how Grandpa is. I’ve juste out of a rtionship. He might’ve wanted to set us up,


    but I told him nothing would… ever happen!” She blushed a shade deeper. “Even if I had agreed to


    dating you, I never thought we’d tie the knot so fast. Grandpa won’t see iting either.” Noelle


    was really thinking ahead, worried about Sebastian’s reaction. “If Grandpa finds out we’re married,


    he’s gonna grill us on why we did it!”


    Charles chuckled. “Why else? Since when do two people need a reason to be together?”


    Noelle gazed at Charles, her eyes filled with hope. “The thing is, I promised myself I wouldn’t end


    up with you, and now, out of the blue, we’re married. Grandpa’s going to read too much into it.


    We’re not stable yet, and I don’t want him to worry. You wouldn’t want him to worry about me, would


    you?”


    Charles could not suppress augh and shook his head. “So are you saying you can’t stand me?”


    “That’s not it at all,” Noelle rushed to rify. “We’re already legally married. I just meant that… you


    were going to give me some time to get used to this, remember? Let’s wait until things between us


    settle down before we break the news to our folks. I want them to be on board with us and our


    marriage… We might


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    not have those deep feelings yet, but with my sister considering divorce, I really want us to make


    this work and stay together for good, so…”


    “Alright!”


    “What?” Noelle was taken aback by his quick response. “What did you say?”


    Charles grinned. “You’ve thought it all out. I’d be crazy to say no!”


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