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."

to reveal her face that was devoid of emotion. Coolly, she said,. It

go after her when Donovan's furious voice rang out behind him.

"It's not like that,

If this had been the past, he

worried him. He'd never

so well this time. If only I were as smart as Noelle. Unfortunately, I'm

because she's our biological sister doesn't

fear him the most. But thanks to Noelle's outburst that day, she'd gotten the perfect opportunity to try and win

Noelle took part in the competition too.

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

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 wanted to distance

finally understood what a terrible brother he'd been. Perhaps he was the