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..."

off mid-sentence, suddenly realizing she had let something slip. Had she

"You seem to know quite a

held great potential. However, most people remained skeptical, dismissing it as an unreliable and

two of them eventually arrived at

"I just realized I don't have any shoes for you. Would you mind wearing mine for

had only just moved in, and there was still

the empty room. It was sparsely decorated, but everything

was wearing and couldn't help but

one will see

her. He wasn't bothered by

he instinctively said, "Let's just order takeout. You don't need

settling in, I don't mind making dinner. I'm not

had moved

about trying to impress anyone. Since then, they'd always had meals prepared by a housekeeper. However, this time was

walked over and started helping with

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

photo of

to