No longer a pushover

Chapter 132

Noelle ran off right after.

Cedric stepped out of the elevator and saw her slamming the door behind her. He rubbed his temples, still a bit dizzy from drinking so much. It had been a while since he had drunk this much. He returned to the nearby apartment, where Alfred sat on the couch playing on his phone. He looked up and asked, "You're back. How did it go?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Don't play dumb. You mentioned having a girlfriend during dinner, and Noelle's reaction was pretty strong. Don't pretend you didn't notice." Cedric poured himself a glass of water and leaned against the table.

His eyes were dark, slowly swirling the glass. "Once she goes to college, she'll forget about today."

She would grow once she saw the wider world. The only thing he could do was watch her go.

Alfred glanced at Cedric. "Let's hope so."

But he still felt something was off with Cedric. He cared too much about Noelle.

Maybe Cedric didn't even realize it, but this concern might have slowly transformed into something else without him noticing.

around Cedric. After all, she did like him a little. But now, he was involved with

this point, she was almost certain that her online

it couldn't have been the same person. Noelle thought about how her online crush from her past life would soon

afternoon and evening, she made sure to log in on time to grind dungeons because that's how she had

several days, she hadn't encountered that name. While streaming one evening, Noelle noticed her fans were

will you participate in the

Team Luminark, if you're not in, they'll

the finals? Queen Nelly isn't someone who can just be summoned and dismissed!" Noelle glanced at the time and realized the finals were tomorrow. She hadn't planned on participating, so

Frank

were both online, meaning they were watching the stream. Perhaps the questions from the fans had been

in this competition, but I'll definitely

to clear

deal with trouble later.

said that, she

stream. Hopefully,

Lucas angrily exited the stream, feeling a complex mixture of emotions. At that moment, he finally realized Noelle wouldn't participate in the

expectation, thinking she wouldn't abandon the Liddell family's honor. After all,

return