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..."

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

seem to know quite a bit about

thorough research and concluded that this field held great potential. However, most people remained skeptical, dismissing it as an unreliable and emerging sector. He hadn't expected Noelle to possess such

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

It was sparsely decorated, but everything

the pink slippers he was wearing and couldn't help

least no one will see you like

glanced at her. He wasn't bothered

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

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 said

she had moved

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

started helping with

and Noelle quickly prepared three different dishes and a

a photo

to share on