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..."

she had let something

glanced at her. "You seem to know quite a bit about

potential. However, most people remained skeptical, dismissing

two of them eventually arrived at Noelle's new

cabinet and chuckled. "I just realized I don't have any

had only just moved in, and there

was

was wearing and couldn't

no one will see you

at her. He wasn't bothered by

fridge, he instinctively said, "Let's just

mind making dinner. I'm not trying to please you, but let me host you," Noelle said

she had moved

impress anyone. Since then, they'd always had meals prepared by a housekeeper.

started helping with the

and Noelle quickly prepared three different dishes

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