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

buying Xenia's story, suddenly thought of the incident where Noelle had

Gwen, follow me to

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

long after, Sophia Miller approached her. "Mr. Kramer wants you in the

got up and left. At the office, she noticed that Gwen was nowhere to be found. Instead, Frank was present.

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

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

immediately flushed

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

to look at her brother. "And what did you expect me to do? Was I supposed to say that I hadn't

irritated. Why couldn't she understand what

shouldn't be talking during exams." Frank quickly defended

eyes, having a classmate do Xenia's homework was trivial. After all, she

reasons.