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!"

Lucas had his differences with Noelle and had even been trying to dissuade

drained of color, and she pleaded, "Lucas, I'm just doing this for

be finished. With Noelle's personality, she would never forgive such a

"Are you saying Donovan told you

benefit me at all." In her panic, Xenia dragged Donovan into the

would go this far. Given Donovan's character, it wasn't surprising, especially now

has invested half his fortune into this project just to gain a foothold in Yasnia. If it fails, it'll be a devastating blow

underhanded methods? Can't people compete fairly anymore? Does Donovan really have to go as far as destroying Noelle?"

Besides, she's already offended the Merlocks. Her future path won't be easy. If Noelle fails this time,

Lucas fell silent.

"Noelle's getting so much attention, and she doesn't care about the Liddell family

the Liddell family is. Maybe then she'll stay on

end up staying

about?" Noelle's