No longer a pushover

Chapter 542

Noelle dialed Frank's number, but the call went unanswered. Still, she was almost certain Lucas was right.

Lucas turned to Donovan, his voice full of righteous anger. "Donovan, did I say anything wrong?"

Donovan's expression stiffened. "You misheard. What Frank and I talked about was how I regretted missing Noelle's call, which led to Wyatt's amputation."

Noelle pressed him. "And what if you had answered back then?"

Donovan hesitated for a moment. "Then, we would've thought it through more carefully."

"And if not amputating meant he would die?" Noelle questioned.

Donovan fell silent because there was only one answer-amputation was the only way to save Wyatt's life. Of course, he could not admit that. Instead, he deflected. "No one knows what could've happened back then."

Xenia shouted, "Exactly! No one knew! And yet, all of you blame me—is that fair? I'll say this now-I won't stop until the foundation holds Xenia accountable. Let's see if she's got some magic trick to escape this!"

With that, she turned and went upstairs. The room fell into an awkward silence.

"Donovan, you're a disappointment. Once I get ahold of Frank, I'll make sure he clears up the truth. Noelle won't take

with guilt. Now, they were all siding with

the truth even mattered after all

and said, "Donovan, I finally got to be with the person I love. Are you just going to stand by and watch Xenia get

Donovan barely looked at him and instead turned to Xenia. "Did she really

always felt guilty about Wyatt's disability, which was why

never expected Wyatt to fall for

which is why

she's lying?"

had started noticing how much Xenia had changed she had become more cunning and ambitious. It was unnecessarily a bad thing, but the fact that she was using family to dodge consequences? That rubbed

Xenia's hand. "Xenia isn't that kind of

through, I finally realized how good Wyatt is to me. I truly

would require bowing his head to the Cantrell family. And with his pride, there was no way he would do that for her. So, she had no choice

temples in frustration and grumbled, "Let me

away and forced a smile. "Wyatt, you just