No longer a pushover

Chapter 149

Cedric faced her direct display of affection, but all he could do was avert his gaze in panic. He couldn't respond to Noelle's advances.

His throat felt like it was clogged with cotton. After a long pause, he finally spoke. "You're still young. You don't understand."

"I'm already an adult, Cedric. Are you afraid of me getting too close? Afraid that you might want a taste of me?"

Noelle decided to throw caution to the wind tonight. She felt that Cedric had been really good to her. She had almost believed he had feelings for her, but learning he was seeing other girls crushed her spirits. Cedric's expression darkened. "Do you know that 'a taste of me' isn't something to be said so casually?"

Noelle was taken aback for a moment. Then, her face turned bright red after realizing what he meant.

She never expected a cold man like Cedric to make such a lame joke. She murmured, her cheeks flushed, "Turns out all men are the same."

Cedric pressed his thin lips together. "You can't handle this kind of joke, but you're trying to learn how others flirt in a bar?"

Hearing his lecture, Noelle realized he had shifted the topic. Not giving up, she looked up at him and asked, "Cedric, I've always had one question. Why have you always been so good to me?"

couldn't answer her, not daring to even meet her eyes. He feared that he might reveal his

wrapped her arms around his neck, asking, "You've always been so kind to me. Don't you feel even a little bit

so good to

to ask him this in this dimly lit space. For once in her life, she wanted

and her sincere words made his initial reasons feel so insignificant. He had only gotten close to

saw the look in

his heart softened in a way he couldn't explain, but he could only

feelings.

his true

convenient for me. I couldn't stand how

Noelle's eyes

words

her so clearly, cutting through her hope without

felt incredibly embarrassed at that moment, realizing she had just confessed to a man who already had a girlfriend. She had crossed a moral line. Panicking, she quickly pulled away from him, lowered her head, and stammered,

from the crowd