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.

could almost smell her. He gulped and tried to put some distance between them. But as soon as he moved, she wrapped her arms around his neck. They were so close that others might have mistaken them for a

aback by her actions. It was rare for

to be at a loss of

of relief when she saw that her brother had returned to the room. This was when she finally realized how intimate their posture

on her how tall Cedric was. She stood on tiptoe while he

hold on

from the elevator and didn't want to get

beginning to piece together why she was there and in low spirits.

looked at him in surprise. "I 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

beautiful woman he'd been with earlier. She wondered why

responded, "Tenth,