No longer a pushover

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Lucas couldn't believe that Noelle had him isolated like this.

When Noelle saw Lucas appear, she wasn't surprised. "Isn't Xenia always out all night with you guys?"

Xenia's eyes turned red with grievance. "Noelle, how could you say that?"

"Noelle, stop talking nonsense. Xenia is my sister! You should apologize to her right now!" Lucas snapped.

Noelle looked at him coldly. "She's the one who started talking nonsense. I'm just repeating

what I've learned from her."

Xenia's voice wavered with a sob. "I-I didn't mean it that way. You misunderstood me."

who usually kept his temper in check, suddenly lost control. "Noelle, just look at yourself. What have you become? Are you really going to

soon as the words left Lucas' mouth, he regretted them, but with

situation laughable. "Even if it's true, what does it have to do with you?" She turned and walked toward

You're getting so full of yourself just because you won

without even looking back. She sat at her desk, completely

her aloofness, Lucas felt a surge of rage building inside him. Yet, he dared not escalate things further. After all, he was still being shut out and shouldn't even be at

my fault. I shouldn't have.asked Noelle about it. I just didn't want her to do something impulsive out of

appreciate it," he grumbled. He was frustrated. "Noelle's attitude is terrible. She doesn't respect anyone anymore. She's completely changed. What does she want us to do

of mockery flashed in Xenia's eyes. Lucas only realized then that Noelle had already

shifted the topic. "What about the

Chapter 24

went to Bruce's office.

As she passed Noelle's

stand up, her Elsian teacher, Avery Gilmore,

announced, "Class is starting."

choice, Noelle sat back down. She found it hard to focus during the lesson. After some time, the class finally ended. As soon as the bell rang, she