No longer a pushover

Noelle and Cedric Chapter 47

Xenia ran straight toward Lucas, and he subconsciously reached out to pull her away. However, when he turned around, he noticed that Noelle stood rooted to the spot. He immediately realized what he had just done and shouted in fear, "Get out of the way!"

Noelle looked at him expressionlessly with a dark gaze.

With a sharp screech of the brakes, the car stopped by Noelle's side. The windows were rolled down, and Cedric's handsome face appeared. He said gently, "Get in." Noelle smirked. She knew that it would be him!

As she climbed into the car, Lucas' voice sounded out, saying, "Noelle, you can't leave with him."

She turned to see Lucas rushing over toward them. She immediately rolled up the windows to block everything from the outside.

Lucas chased after them for some time before stopping defeatedly. He slammed his fist on the

road in frustration. He wondered how things had ended up

that way.

The realization that he had instinctively left Noelle behind just moments ago deeply unsettled

him.

could not shake

chosen to protect Xenia earlier,

to save him. He couldn't possibly leave her behind. Lucas assumed that

home last night either. She was also probably with that school doctor." Lucas' expression changed. "Noelle has been led astray by that man. Sure, she used to throw tantrums, but she never

he had to find a way

enjoyed the breeze from outside. She did not say a single word,

secretly glanced at him. "Are you mad?" She noticed that his expression wasn't quite

mirror and said, "You've improved. At least you thought to ask me for help

confessed to me at the school entrance, so I aimed a fire extinguisher at

Yasnia, so he wasn't someone I could mess with. As things were unfolding, Lucas appeared and stood up for me before he forcibly pushed me into his car. I never thought he would take me to his training camp." She also never thought that Lucas would arrange for so

would have been guilt-tripped into complying, but she refused to feel guilty as the person she was now. That way, the Liddells

"Who confessed to you?"

"One of the more handsome guys in the private school next to our

his eyes. "Is he the

be him?" Noelle nearly laughed out loud. When the elevator doors opened, she stepped

her leave and said stiffly, "Kiddo, you should not get into a relationship so early

"I know. You've already told me that multiple times