No longer a pushover

Chapter 344

At Noelle's lowest point, she had fainted on the streets from hunger. It was then that someone stepped in, earning money for her and giving her a bank card, urging her to leave and start over.

At the time, she hated Xenia with all her heart. She believed Xenia had stolen everything from her, and in her rage, she used the money to plan a kidnapping, intending to kill her.

The plan failed, and Donovan locked her away in a mental hospital. In the end, she was tortured to death by a caregiver arranged by Xenia.

How foolish she had been. She should have just left.

"You're going to hurt yourself like this." Noelle immediately turned and threw a punch, but Cedric caught it mid-air.

She was breathing heavily, her forehead slick with sweat. Then, she paused and asked, "Why are you here?"

Cedric handed her a bottle of water. "Am I not allowed to come to the gym?"

"Why this gym in particular?" Noelle drank some water and wiped the sweat from her brows to keep it out of her eyes.

Cedric reached for a towel to help her wipe the sweat. "Don't move."

Noelle stood still, lowering her eyes to see how close their shadows were.

When Cedric finished, he draped the towel over her head and teased, "You look like an old granny like this!"

grumbled as she yanked the towel off her head. "You're

"Why aren't you happy?"

was off. Her mood wasn't right, and here she was, venting her frustrations on the punching

on Noelle's face. "Is it because of what that man said to

Noelle shook her head. "No, the garbage

never cared about

what's really

told someone about her rebirth, who would believe her? And besides, this was tied

her head after pondering. "I've just had a lot on my plate lately. It's a bit

didn't press her after seeing that she didn't want to explain further. He stood up. "In that case, I'll spar

"But you're injured."

his arm, but Cedric was wearing a long-sleeve

"You want

he started unbuttoning his shirt, revealing his sharp

quickly grabbed his hand. "What are you doing? Who told

else are you going to see

hand. "Just change into your workout clothes

summer, and the weather was still warm. Naturally, anyone working out would be wearing short sleeves. Cedric stood up. "I was just teasing you. You'd have

much

"For you, it's free. Want

had to admit she couldn't beat him at