No longer a pushover

Chapter 144

Noelle couldn't even bring herself to look at Cedric. She was afraid that even a single glance at him would give her away.

Alfred spoke up, "Nelly, just say it! Whatever you wish for, I will make it happen!"

Without thinking, Noelle blurted out, "I want to go to a bar."

"No problem!" Alfred immediately agreed.

"No way," Cedric interjected firmly.

Noelle instinctively turned to Cedric, her eyes filled with a hint of anticipation.

Their eyes met for a moment, and Cedric quickly relented. "Why do you want to go to a bar?"

Noelle's tone was full of longing. "Because I've never been, and I want to try it."

In truth, it was because she hadn't been to one in this lifetime. She had gone to a bar once in her previous life, but the experience had left her with a mental trauma. This time, she wanted to face it again and put those painful memories to rest. Alfred playfully smacked Cedric on the chest. "Why won't you let her go? Boohoo, you villain! Such a meanie!"

"You'd better

received a message from Frank. "Noelle, the results are out.

let out a cold laugh when she saw the message. So Frank also knew the stationery incident could have affected

They just pretended not to understand. Noelle replied with a tone she hadn't used before, "What

Whatever compensation you want, I will agree to it. Even if you want to

stared at his phone, frustration mounting inside

knew how hard she had worked in the past few months and how much her grades had improved. Frank then overheard Xenia

living room.

Lucas were trying to comfort her. Gordon said, "Ms. Quigley, you didn't do well because you were

"Exactly, Xenia,

like ours-even if your results aren't great, they won't

well, right? I was hoping to go to the

didn't do that well. I heard about a top student whose language

So it seemed Noelle really had

over with a stern expression. "Lucas, are you gloating? Noelle is our sister. If she

I meant. I was just

Xenia doesn't mean you have to

his words were out of line and muttered, "I get it. I won't do it