No longer a pushover

Noelle heard those words and turned to grab an exquisitely decorated ornament from the table. Then, she smashed it onto the floor right next to Xenia's feet.

Standing beside Donovan, Xenia chimed in, "Look, Donovan. Noelle's never been satisfied with my planning. Now she's even throwing things on the floor."

Donovan frowned. "The event is just a few hours away, Noelle. Why are you making a scene now?"

"Making a scene? I'm cleaning up Xenia's mess!"

Noelle stepped forward and yanked his tie. "Are you out of your mind? This is a charity sales event, not some extravagant or luxury dinner party. If people see this, they'll mock us, Liddells!"

Donovan's expression darkened as he finally realized something was off. Xenia hurriedly explained, "I didn't use that much expensive stuff, Donovan. The guests attending today are influential, and I just wanted to make sure the food and decorations are top-tier so they won't look down on us."

"Idiot!" Donovan rubbed his temples in frustration and could barely say a word.

Seeing his reaction, Xenia turned to Noelle. "See? Donovan is on my side."

Before Noelle could respond, Donovan exploded. "Xenia, is there anything in your brain besides vanity?

This is a charity sales event, and it's inappropriate for you to make it look

she mumbled, "I was

this whole event and spent millions on it, but the charity sales event might not even make that much money back. Are you

Xenia and gawked at her. "Is that

millions. Just two million. But those are

lost control. But with so many guests

fury. Wasn't that just a small amount of money? Why was he making such a big deal out of it? She couldn't

when Frank finally spoke. "Donovan, this is exactly why I wanted to kick Xenia out, and that has nothing

was usually

temper is getting worse by the day.

We will not let this event turn into a joke. Also, Xenia is not allowed to interfere

to do that?" Xenia immediately

really screwed up this time, and it's a good thing Noelle caught it early, or the Liddell family would've

Xenia was, she had no