No longer a pushover

As Noelle reached the doorway, Donovan chased after her and shouted, "Stop right there, Noelle!"

Noelle had no intention of arguing any further. "There's no reason for me to say now that your words meant nothing."

His expression changed slightly as he immediately came up with a lie. "I must have misheard what Xenia said just now, which caused me to misunderstand that you were the one that hurt her."

He could not afford to take responsibility for what would happen to Blake and Lucas if Noelle were to leave now.

Noelle smirked and asked, "Did you really mishear things? Or did someone deliberately lie to you?"

Donovan's tone turned softer. "Does it matter?"

"Of course it does. You guys always loved to sweep everything under the rug and call it a day, and I'm no longer a fan of that. Everything should be made clear as day," she replied.

As soon as Noelle finished speaking, Blake pulled Xenia forward with him.

He then glared at Xenia and said, "Tell us exactly what you said to Donovan just now. Repeat it, word for word."

Xenia felt extremely guilty as she glanced at Donovan. "Donovan, I never said that it was Noelle who hit me."

Donovan felt wronged in that instant. Although Xenia had not explicitly stated who had hurt her, her tone suggested that Noelle had done it.

for a while and then turned back to Noelle. "Well, I was the one who misheard things.

explained, "Donovan, you should apologize to Noelle

It's your own mistake to assume that Noelle was wrong. Noelle suffered a lot because of our prejudice

looked visibly reluctant to apologize, as he was the eldest brother in the

nothing wrong! It was my fault

for her actions. He had been rather upset with her

pitiful act and approached Noelle, Noelle suddenly raised her hand and slapped Xenia across the face. Xenia was

rubbed her wrist and said, "Since you're apologizing, it means that you've admitted to your mistakes. This slap is a

"For my

Your

cause misunderstandings. It's not a good habit to have. I'm kindly helping you correct it, so you should be

then helped Xenia up and continued in a pretentious tone,

okay? I really don't

chill running

as she stared at Noelle's gentle expression. She

was even more terrifying like this. She could only wonder

back

his throat and replied, "Noelle's right. She even helped you back up. It shows that