No longer a pushover

Noelle and Cedric Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Despite how petite she was, Noelle's eyes were brimming with rebellious determination. She firmly answered, "My answer won't change even if I say it a hundred times. I refuse."

Xenia seized this opportunity to sweetly say, "Don't be angry, Donovan. I already have a tutor, and my grades will improve soon. Noelle's grades improved because of how hard she'd been revising. I'll learn from her, I promise!" Frank, trying to remediate, chimed in, "Don't worry about their grades, Donovan. I'll handle it.

However, Donovan was still furious. "Stop making excuses for her! Do you think that I don't know what she's like? She's acting out just because she isn't happy that Xenia joined our family!"

He snapped at Noelle, saying, "Let me make this clear, Noelle. No matter how much you're against it, Xenia isn't going anywhere, even if you leave the house. She's here to stay, you hear me?

Noelle's head was lowered, her expression hidden. Frank felt sorry for her. "Noelle, Donovan doesn't mean it that way."

was devoid of emotion. Coolly, she said,. It doesn't matter." Without saying another

and was about to go after her when Donovan's furious voice rang out behind him. "Stop! That kid has you in the palm of your hand because

exasperated. "It's not

If this had been the past, he might have also thought that she was

expression earlier worried him. He'd never seen

I blame myself for not doing so well this time. If only I were as smart as Noelle. Unfortunately,

softened. "It's not your fault. The gaming team wasted too much of your time. Blake already told me everything, so you should stop defending Noelle. Just because she's our biological sister doesn't mean that

the most challenging person in the family to suck up to. He was also rarely home, which made Xenia fear him the most. But thanks to Noelle's outburst that day, she'd gotten the

however, felt that his brother had misunderstood Noelle, "Donovan, Noelle took part in the competition too. The team wouldn't have won

she refused to join Lucas team just so that he would beg her. However, she got jealous when Xenia stepped in and secretly practiced so she could steal the spotlight

Donovan," Frank protested weakly, feeling a wave of helplessness wash over him. For the first time, he realized that he had treated Noelle the same way Donovan was treating her. He wondered if they had hurt her so much she

brother he'd been. Perhaps he was the