No longer a pushover

Noelle glanced at Mia. Though she didn't need Mia to stand up for her, she was glad that Mia hadn't been deceived by the Liddells. That was enough.

Donovan frowned. "Xenia has apologized, Mia. Just let it go."

Mia stared at him in disbelief and didn't understand why he'd say such a thing.

Wyatt chimed in, "You don't know Noelle, Ms. Cantrell. What you see isn't necessarily the truth. Xenia will never frame someone on purpose, and she must've been framed herself."

His implication was that Noelle had set it up just to show Mia.

Mia turned to Donovan. "Is this what you think, too?"

Donovan hesitated and said, "Noelle has had many conflicts with the Liddells, and she's done things like this. You shouldn't trust her that much."

Mia felt incredibly disappointed in him. Donovan's patience was wearing thin as he continued, "There are so many people watching, Mia. Cut me some slack and stop making a scene, alright?"

Xenia's voice trembled as she said, "I don't want to see you and Mia fight about me, Donovan. I know I didn't do anything, but if my apology makes her happy, I'll do it."

didn't hesitate to slap her across her

what gives

being so protective of Xenia, Donovan, I'll get Aunt Salena to cancel the engagement, and you can spend

even more lovable. Then, the latter approached her to take her

stand by and watch Xenia get bullied? We're

At this moment, he couldn't afford to offend

Mia. "Did you hear that? Donovan says you

raised an eyebrow. "Donovan,

and looked straight at Xenia. "I told you to apologize. Didn't you

was shocked. "I didn't do anything

apologize? Why did

and warned, "The Liddells can't afford to offend the Cantrells. If you don't want the Liddells to go bankrupt and lose money, listen to me and apologize right

close relationship and were making things difficult for Xenia on purpose.

go, Xenia. Don't apologize. Donovan

a useless fool who talked big and had no real power