No longer a pushover

Chapter 301

Xenia broke out in a cold sweat, her hands trembling so badly she could barely hold onto her phone. Panicking, she stepped away from Noelle's desk.

Lucas blocked her path. "You haven't answered my question. What were you doing just now?"

Xenia's hands were shaking, and she didn't dare look Lucas in the eye. She stammered, "I... I was just trying to help with Donovan's project. After all, Maple Enterprise is Donovan's competitor right now, and I wanted to help."

"You can help, but do you realize what you just did is illegal? Your actions will hurt Noelle!" Lucas said sharply.

He couldn't believe Xenia would go so far as to do something like this.

Then, he suddenly recalled something Frank had mentioned. "Could the surveillance footage from the coffee shop be real after all?"

"No, Lucas, it's not like that," Xenia quickly denied.

Lucas didn't want to hear her explanation. He grabbed her and said, "Go apologize to Noelle right now!"

been trying to dissuade her from joining Team

I'm just doing this

be finished. With

at her in disbelief. "Are you saying

It doesn't benefit me at

by the revelation. He never imagined Donovan would go this far. Given Donovan's character, it wasn't surprising, especially now that he had such strong

just to gain a foothold in

people compete fairly anymore? Does Donovan really have

to ruin her. He just thinks Noelle isn't suited for business or being in the spotlight. Besides, she's already offended the Merlocks. Her future path won't be easy. If Noelle fails this time, she'll return

Lucas fell silent.

the Liddell family anymore. She

setbacks so she'll realize how good the Liddell family is. Maybe then she'll stay

faltered. Could Noelle really end up staying

two sneaking around about?" Noelle's sudden appearance