No longer a pushover

Noelle and Cedric Chapter 91

Noelle was carried out of the area littered with broken shards and placed on the couch.

Cedric tilted his head down to look at her.

"Next time, when I say don't move, don't move. If you're not going to use your brain, don't run around!" he scolded Noelle.

She lowered her head. "Well, I didn't expect to bump into the vase!"

Noelle's face grew warmer, and she was thankful for the blackout. Otherwise, it would have been awkward for him to see how red she had turned.

Cedric was her mentor and friend. Because of her impure thoughts about him, she was suddenly self-conscious about their sudden physical closeness.

Cedric pulled out his phone and made a call, his tone icy. "Find out what caused the outage in this area."

Noelle looked around at the darkness, and her eyes finally landed on Cedric. The only light source there was the faint glow of his phone.

She asked, "Where's Alfred? Didn't he come back with you?"

He won't be back

adults to unwind, especially the wealthy. Her brothers at the Liddell family often did it, too, primarily for networking. Cedric's reply was

wasn't surprised at his reply. He always

is

polar opposite of Alfred. Logically speaking, it would

responding, "My grandmother always said that I was too quiet. She told me to make friends with someone talkative so

Noelle, and her curiosity deepened. "So, you've known Alfred since

he had said more than

envious. It must be nice to have

around them, so Cedric couldn't see her expression. He asked, "Didn't you have friends growing

incident. My mood was unstable back then, and the friends I had slowly drifted away.

mention of the car accident. His throat bobbed as he asked, "Have you ever remembered anything about the accident

want

showed sorrow. "If it weren't for that accident, my parents wouldn't have died. Xenia wouldn't have entered my life, and my relationship with my

direction where Noelle was. His eyes

hate the person who caused the accident?" His