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!"

better shut up,

life felt now. But shortly after, she received a message from Frank. "Noelle, the results are

a cold laugh when she saw the message. So Frank also knew

just pretended not to understand. Noelle replied with a tone she hadn't

want to repeat

stared at his phone,

performance. He knew how hard she had worked in the past few months and how much her grades had improved. Frank

living room.

do well because you were sick during those days. Your

added, "Exactly,

scores don't mean everything. Especially for families like ours-even if your results aren't great, they won't

"But Noelle must have done really well, right? I was hoping to go to the same school

top student whose language exam didn't go well, and their final score

of smugness flashed in Xenia's eyes. So it seemed Noelle really had been

Noelle is our sister. If she doesn't do well, how does

I meant. I was just trying to comfort

doesn't mean you have

being reprimanded, Lucas realized his words were out of line and muttered,