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?"

drinking. He won't be

way for adults to unwind, especially the wealthy. Her brothers at the Liddell family often did it, too, primarily

wasn't surprised at his reply. He

reserved, but Alfred is loud and outgoing. How did you two become such

was the polar opposite of Alfred. Logically speaking, it would be

too quiet. She told me to make friends with

deepened.

more

be nice to have a friend like that." Noelle's voice tinged

couldn't see her expression. He asked, "Didn't you have

for a long time and forgot everything about the incident. My mood was unstable back then, and the friends I had slowly drifted away. Not long after that,

at the mention of the car accident. His throat bobbed as he asked,

I don't want to.

for that accident, my parents wouldn't have died. Xenia wouldn't have entered my life, and my relationship with

looked in the direction where Noelle was. His eyes

person who caused the accident?" His voice