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."

temper in check, suddenly lost control. "Noelle, just look at yourself. What have you become? Are you really going to deny spending last night with the school doctor? Everyone knows it's

regretted them,

it have to do with you?" She turned and walked toward her

us? You're getting so full of yourself just because

looking back. She sat at her desk, completely ignoring the commotion

building inside him. Yet, he dared not escalate things further. After all, he was still being shut out and shouldn't even

"Lucas, it's my fault. I shouldn't have.asked Noelle about it. I just didn't want her to do

frustrated. "Noelle's attitude is terrible. She doesn't respect anyone anymore. She's completely changed. What does she

of mockery flashed in Xenia's eyes. Lucas only realized then that Noelle had already started distancing herself from them. This worked entirely in

the topic. "What about the school doctor?

Chapter 24

He immediately went to Bruce's office. He needed to make

returned to the classroom. As she passed Noelle's desk, she whispered,

was about to stand up,

announced, "Class is starting."

found it hard to focus during the lesson. After some time, the class finally ended. As soon as the bell rang, she stepped out to call Cedric, feeling a