No longer a pushover

Chapter 235

When Noelle saw the photo, she couldn't help but laugh. She noticed the watermark on it—it was clearly from the school's forum.

Opening the forum, she immediately found posts about herself.

"Freshman pretends to detest the rich but secretly hooks up with an old wealthy man, staying out all night!"

Noelle scanned the content, scoffing. The post accused her of looking down on the rich scions in the business school while secretly cozying up to older men at bars, which explained why she hadn't returned to her dorm all night.

Some users were stirring the pot:

"I went to high school with Noelle. She's always been like this, but the teachers turned a blind eye because she had good grades. I can't believe she hasn't changed."

"Yeah! I heard she hooked up with the school doctor in high school. Now that she's at Yasnia University, surrounded by the rich and wealthy, she ditched the doctor for an old rich man."

"I saw it with my own eyes this morning-she got out of that old man's car. He's so hideous and old! How desperate is Noelle Liddell to stoop that low for money!"

smirked at the comments, knowing who the person claiming

fun spreading rumors online. But

bang. Noelle looked up and

their heads down, not wanting to cross these wealthy

and said, "Finally showed up, huh? Noelle Liddell. I didn't

Cedric left, Samantha had gone to look for Noelle. But not only had she failed to find

Noelle, which led to them being dealt with. All of them had been sent away. This situation had caught her family's attention,

wanted nothing more than to tear

expression indifferent. "I didn't like your party, so I left early.

allowed to leave freely. It's against the law to restrict someone's freedom,

Samantha retorted arrogantly.

laced with irony. "Noelle, you misunderstood Ms. Merlock. We were just worried about you. We heard you

went is none of your concern,"

old man's car this morning. And I thought you despised the rich and wealthy like us. Tums out you're quick to spread your

as fast as your mouth runs," Noelle shot back