No longer a pushover

Chapter 133

Lucas responded without hesitation. After all, everyone in the Liddell family listened to Donovan; no one dared to go against him-not even Noelle.

He remembered how terrified Noelle was of Donovan. She would never have the nerve to defy him.

Frank was furious. "Do you even hear yourself? At this rate, you're just going to push Noelle further away!"

Lucas didn't seem to understand-Noelle wasn't being difficult just because she was upset.

"But what else can I do? We still don't have a proper gunner. If she doesn't show up tomorrow, we're definitely going to lose!"

Lucas couldn't stand the idea of losing the game. It only hit him now: he had already lost Noelle's support.

"Even so, you can't force Noelle to join the match! Is the match more important than your sister? What you're doing will only make you lose her. Think about it, will you?" Reluctantly, Lucas lowered his head and muttered, "Can't Noelle just cut me some slack for once? She knows how much this match means to me, yet she keeps using it against me." "It doesn't matter if you lose the match, Lucas. But if you pressure her by dragging Donovan into this, you'll lose her for good. Is the match really more important than your sister?" With that, Frank closed his eyes, refusing to say more. Every time he talked to Lucas, it just made him angrier. Now, he finally understood what Noelle had been dealing with all this time. Lucas froze, and his thoughts were in chaos. After a moment, he left the ward and found James waiting outside.

"Frank knows where Noelle is staying, doesn't he?" he asked.

know, Mr.

longer the sister he used to know. That

a brief pause, James gave him an address, hoping Lucas truly understood the weight of

Noelle's apartment, but

downstairs for

only then that he sent her message. When he opened the chat window, though, he saw that Noelle had already removed

words finally hit him-had he

"Noelle, I'm waiting downstairs. We've been at odds for so

just

noticed the request. She opened it and saw Lucas's profile. It was obvious he was panicking because the finals were the next

atit

ignored the request. Upon leaving the study, she noticed Cedric on the balcony speaking on the phone. Under the dim light, his side profile exuded a

the gentle expression on

Cedric had been in contact with. Was he