No longer a pushover

Chapter 288

"Being lucky counts," Noelle remarked before turning to leave.

Donovan seethed. "I shouldn't have been here today!"

Xenia, however, felt a flicker of joy. "It's my fault for telling you this, Donovan. I thought by coming to school, you could make up with Noelle, and we could all live together as a family again like before. But who would've thought Noelle wouldn't appreciate what you did for her?"

"How can you say that? It's not that Noelle is ungrateful, but she clearly would've done well even without us." Lucas frowned. There was a subtle undertone in Xenia's words that made him oddly uncomfortable.

Xenia carefully asked, "Did I perhaps say the wrong thing again, Lucas?"

Dono interjected, "It's not your fault, Xeiva. Noelle's bad temper will catch up to her one day, and I'll wait to see how she handles it then!"

Xenia lowered her head pitifully. "I shouldn't meddle from now on, or others might take me as scheming."

Donovan turned to shoot Lucas a look. "What's with you? Stop acting like Frank."

Lucas felt utterly wronged. He hadn't said anything wrong about Xenia's words being inappropriate either. Why did everything suddenly feel like his fault?

As he watched Xenia help Donovan leave, his mood soured.

lately. There was a subtle jab that Xenia

...

building, Noelle headed to the gym

Then, she pulled out her phone and texted Xenia. "Don't forget

It wasn't over yet.

car when she received the text. Her heart skipped a

briefly, she turned to Donovan and asked, "Donovan, you invested in Frank's Al project, didn't

want to learn about

after all. I don't want to be clueless and know nothing; I

approval. "You're much more sensible and better than that ungrateful

slightly, and she

threw herself into

session and returned to her apartment afterward. It was the weekend, and she

to prepare for her livestream, which she'd skipped last week. But when she started the livestream, she immediately noticed something off about the comments in

of the Yole

you set Samuel up to take the fall after getting caught doing scandalous stuff in your

could you be so evil? You toyed with Samuel's feelings and