No longer a pushover

Chapter 138

Noelle's heart sank a little at Cedric's response. "Okay, fine. If you don't want to talk about it, I won't ask again."

Feeling her appetite slip away, she put down her spoon and stood up. "I should get going-don't want to get caught in traffic."

Before she left, Cedric said nonchalantly, "Remember, don't go soft."

Noelle glanced at his charming face, recalling how he had been messaging earlier. Her heart hardened. "I won't. Going soft on men is just cruel to oneself."

With that, she grabbed her bag and stormed out.

Cedric watched her leave, a faint smirk tugging at his lips. He wondered who she was referring to.

He slowly took out his phone and sent Alfred a message: "Less gossip, fewer beatings."

Alfred had been bombarding him with messages since the early hours of the morning.

Noelle took the elevator out of the building. At the entrance, she overheard a group of elderly people chatting.

"They finally caught that pervert. I heard he got a real beating."

him right. If I'd been there, I'd have kicked him a

lighter after hearing the conversation. She hailed a cab and headed for the competition venue. When she arrived, the area was packed with traffic. It seemed like there

life, Magnus had suddenly dropped out of the finals, so she never got the chance to compete with him. A wave of

Magnus hadn't withdrawn, Team Luminark would never have

she couldn't possibly take down a top-tier team on

coming to this match," Rachel greeted, wearing a Team Celestial fan t-shirt, clearly showing her support for the team. Noelle smiled. "I wasn't planning to, but Firestorm invited me as a special guest for their live event. It's a VIP spot-there's no way I'm missing this." Firestorm had given Noelle two tickets, so she

well. Clearly, Lucas couldn't find anyone else, so he

hide her pride as she soaked in attention, enjoying the moment of being surrounded by fans. She even received

sister Noelle

confident are you about the

When the reporters mentioned

Noelle, Lucas's expression

He replied coldly,

teams to

will give their best

Xenia is more than capable. After all, competition

ve

especially since we're