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!"

to dissuade her from joining Team Celestial earlier, he

drained of color, and she pleaded, "Lucas, I'm just doing this for Donovan. Please don't

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

looked at her in disbelief. "Are you saying Donovan told

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

Donovan would go this far. Given Donovan's character, it wasn't surprising, especially now that he had such strong negative feelings toward Noelle.

on. "Frank has invested half his fortune into this project just to gain a foothold in Yasnia. If it fails,

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

Donovan isn't trying to ruin her. He just thinks Noelle isn't suited for business or being in the spotlight. Besides, she's already offended

Lucas fell silent.

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

Liddell family is. Maybe then she'll stay on your team

Could Noelle really end

are you two sneaking around about?" Noelle's sudden appearance startled them