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

where Noelle had been falsely accused of cheating.

"Xenia, Gwen,

her classmates began gossiping about the incident. Unbothered, she opened her textbook to gauge how she'd done on

Miller approached her. "Mr. Kramer wants you

this to happen, so she got up and left. At the office, she noticed that Gwen was nowhere to be

tears churning in her eyes, Xenia glanced at Noelle and asked, "Do you hate me that much, Noelle? What do I have to do to

remained calm. "I was just stating what I saw. If I really wanted to ruin you, I would've

face immediately flushed

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

you expect me to do? Was I supposed to say that I hadn't seen anything? Fine. I never saw Xenia turn

was beginning to feel irritated. Why couldn't she understand what

Xenia, you're partly to blame. You shouldn't have gotten others to do your homework and shouldn't be talking during exams." Frank quickly defended Xenia. "Mr. Kramer, Xenia only asked someone else to help with her homework because of some family issues. I can

classmate do Xenia's homework was trivial. After

reasons.