No longer a pushover

Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Almost everyone turned to look at Noelle, including Xenia, who looked especially tense.

Before anyone could speak, Xenia cut in. "Noelle Gwen and several others have accused you of cheating before, so you must understand how I feel right now. I know you've always hated me, but we're family, aren't we?"

Seeing how nervous Xenia was, Noelle realized that there were times when even she could feel fear.

Noelle said calmly, "I seem to recall Xenia turning her head." She was simply stating the truth, yet Xenia's eyes instantly went red with panic.

"How could you say that, Noelle? Earlier, you said Gwen was lying."

Betty quickly agreed. "Yeah, we heard you earlier Who would believe you if you keep changing your story, Noelle?"

Noelle lazily said, "I wasn't really thinking hard earlier, so it just came to my mind."

Xenia was furious and cursed Noelle inwardly. She stared at Lionel pitifully and argued, "I really didn't cheat. I only turned around because Gwen was calling me. I didn't even know it was there. She must have tossed the note into my desk compartment when I wasn't paying

attention."

Lionel

the incident where Noelle had been falsely accused of cheating. Now, he couldn't help but question

he ordered, "Xenia, Gwen, follow me to the

classmates began gossiping about the incident. Unbothered, she opened her

long after, Sophia Miller approached her.

office, she noticed that Gwen was nowhere to be found. Instead, Frank was present. She figured that Xenia must have called

"Do you hate me that much, Noelle? What do I have to do to get you to forgive

stating what I saw. If I really wanted to ruin you, I would've just said that I

immediately flushed

and admonished, "Don't speak like that! Xenia is part of our family. You should've known

"And what did you expect me to do? Was I supposed to say

to feel irritated. Why couldn't she understand what he

and shouldn't be talking during exams." Frank quickly defended Xenia. "Mr. Kramer, Xenia only asked someone else to

having a classmate do Xenia's

reasons.