No longer a pushover

Chapter 213

At times, what one feared most was what came to pass. When Cedric saw the middle-aged man suddenly appear, he felt a surge of anger. Instead, he kept his composure, nodded briefly, and quickly led Noelle out of the restaurant.

After walking a few steps, Noelle glanced back and noticed the middle-aged man was already gone.

She turned to Cedric in confusion. "Who's that man?"

"I don't know him," Cedric replied.

"He called you Mr. Greene," Noelle said, eyeing him suspiciously.

Cedric's heart skipped a beat. How should he explain this?

After a moment, Noelle seemed to have an epiphany. "Perhaps he's someone Maple Enterprise used to work with. Since the investment summit, a lot of companies have been reaching out to us for collaboration."

Noelle assumed the man had come to discuss a partnership with Cedric.

Cedric realized she misunderstood it, but he didn't correct her. Instead, he played along. "The project does have a good future."

"It's more than good-it's incredibly promising! Once it's applied to autonomous vehicles and becomes widespread..."

suddenly realizing she had let something slip. Had she just exposed

her. "You seem to

remained skeptical, dismissing it as an unreliable

of them eventually arrived at Noelle's new

shoe cabinet and chuckled. "I just realized I don't have any shoes for you. Would you

only just moved in, and there

It was sparsely decorated,

was wearing and

no one

at her. He wasn't bothered

the fridge, he instinctively

a pretty good cook. Since we're settling in, I don't mind making dinner. I'm not trying

had

Cedric had told her not to worry about trying to impress anyone. Since then, they'd always had meals prepared by a housekeeper. However, this time was different-this

started helping with the

Noelle quickly prepared

photo of the meal,

planned to share on