No longer a pushover

Chapter 33

Chapter 33

Noelle thought of Justin Parham, the transfer student from Yasnia they were talking about. He was one of the rich kids from Tuxbridge. She'd heard rumors that he had caused trouble at his previous school and was now laying low here. He was a flashy person known for driving luxury cars, wearing designer clothing, and his affinity for gaming.

In Noelle's previous life, Xenia had stolen her win in the gaming championship. Because of that, Justin had fallen for Xenia, and they eventually ended up dating.

Smiling, Noelle stuffed the letters under her desk without even opening them. She also didn't bother bringing up Justin asking for her number

Xenia couldn't hide her jealousy. She asked, "Noelle, aren't you going to take a look at them?"

"It's nothing new to me." Noelle used to get letters back in elementary school, too. That was before her parents' accident and Xenia's appearance.

Noelle's indifferent tone stung Xenia, who felt that the former was being too smug.

Envy clouded Xenia's eyes. She recalled the submissive lamb Noelle used to be, confused about why she had changed so much. She couldn't help worrying that Noelle would really steal Justin from her.

When school was over, Noelle packed her bag and left immediately. Xenia hesitated for a while before eventually sneaking to Noelle's desk and taking away all the letters.

to the infirmary. She was

nowhere to be

"My results are out! I got tenth place!

him. She happily

heard you did very

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lifted her head to see Frank standing before her. Her smile

this out to congratulate you. Didn't you used

the box. She wondered if this was supposed to

walked over. She spotted the necklace and stiffened. "What a

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should try it on, Noelle,"

barely looked at it. "I don't

this necklace after she refused to accept the previous emerald necklace. He had been confident that this new one

was surprised by Frank's shift in attitude and wondered if he was trying to reconcile with

not Frank's fault for not knowing what girls like. That's just how

the top ten." Inwardly, she just wanted Xenia to drop her

so well this time because of Gwen. I would've done