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 slip. Had she

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

However, most people remained skeptical, dismissing it as an unreliable and emerging sector. He hadn't

of them eventually

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

just moved in, and there was still a lot to be

the empty room. It was

noticed the pink slippers he was wearing and couldn't help but

one will see you

her. He wasn't

instinctively said, "Let's just order takeout.

a pretty good cook. Since we're settling in, I don't mind making dinner. I'm not trying to please you, but let me host you," Noelle

she had moved into

impress anyone. Since then, they'd always had meals

and started

wasn't difficult, and Noelle quickly prepared three different dishes and a

took a photo of the

to share