No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric) novel Chapter 319

Noelle coldly replied, "I never said I would change my last name."

Her parents gave her the name, and she would keep it.

"But what you're doing is no different than changing your last name. Do you still have the face to honor them during the holidays?"

"Don't use Mom and Dad to pressure me."

"Noelle, you insisted on going out to buy a cake. Mom and Dad pampered you and went with you, and that's when the accident happened. At that time, all kinds of opportunistic people came out, trying to seize our family's wealth and devour us whole!

"I took it all on myself, came to Yasnia to start over, and that's how you got to live a good life. Frank stayed behind, taking care of you while growing up. He could've done better, but now you've ruined his company's project, costing him the bid and half of his fortune. Noelle, is this how you repay us?"

After hearing this, Noelle realized that Donovan would guilt trip her. He knew that her parents had always been her soft spot. Out of guilt, she had always obeyed her family in her past life, giving everything to them, only to end up dying in misery.

Her voice was cold. "Xenia and Lucas stole my ideas, and you allowed them to use my idea, which led to you losing the bid. I didn't force you to do this.

"If any of you had stopped it, none of this would have happened. But no one did. So now, you're reaping what you sow!"

She wasn't going to fall for this kind of manipulation. She owed none of her brothers.

Donovan was speechless for a long time. Noelle's clear logic made it hard for him to even hold onto his phone! Finally, he spoke. "You're getting sharper with your words. But Frank owes you nothing!"

"You owe him for destroying his project, not me. Don't come and guilt trip me!"

Noelle hung up the phone, not wanting to waste any more words. Donovan kept calling, but she just ignored it and blocked the number.

At last, the world was quiet. After two days of rest, Noelle felt ready to hit the gym and resumed training. She messaged Zachary to book a session.

As she left the base with her clothes, ready to head to the gym, Justin swaggered in. When someone from the business school showed up, the people at the base became tense.