No longer a pushover

Noelle and Cedric Chapter 36

Chapter 36

"What are you doing here?" someone asked.

Noelle looked up to see Cedric and quickly lowered her head, flustered. She responded, "To eat. "Her voice was slightly hoarse.

Cedric stepped closer. "Have you been crying?" He detected something wrong with her tone of voice.

Without thinking, she said, "No."

Just then, the elevator doors opened, and Frank stepped out.

When she saw him, she immediately threw herself into Cedric's arms, clutching his shirt tightly. She kept burrowing deeper into Cedric's embrace, not wanting to be seen by Frank.

frozen. He peered at the girl pressed against him. She was so close that he could almost smell her. He gulped and tried to put some distance between them. But as soon as he moved, she wrapped her

pressed his lips together, taken aback by her actions. It was rare for

him to be at a loss of

brother had returned to the room. This was when she finally realized how

dawned on her how tall Cedric was. She stood on tiptoe while he bent over, just

hold on to

with embarrassment, she quickly let go. "I, uh, saw my brother coming out from the elevator and didn't want to get caught,

together why she was there and in

don't think so." She'd acted without thinking because the person next to her had been Cedric. She doubted she would have done

for my good grades," Noelle replied, her tone

recalled the beautiful woman he'd been with

responded, "Tenth, huh? Not