No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric) novel Chapter 389

Noelle kicked the slippers away and demanded in a cold voice, "Give me the phone."

Frank swallowed his bitterness and tried to change the subject. "Do you want to eat something? Do you feel unwell?"

Noelle felt utterly powerless. She looked up at Frank and asked, "Why can't anyone understand what I'm saying?"

They claimed to want to make it up to her, but they never gave her what she wanted.

"I understand you're mad at Blake, Noelle, but you know how hot-tempered he's always been. Don't hold it against him.

"He'd always gone out of his way to avenge you when you were bullied as a kid. Have you forgotten that?"

Frank gently explained so Noelle wouldn't misunderstand Blake. Noelle resented the Liddells deeply, and he didn't want things to worsen further.

Noelle let out a mocking laugh. "Avenge me?"

"Yes. maybe you were too young to remember."

"What I remember is that his bad temper and strong ego made it impossible for him to get along with his classmates. When those people couldn't fight him, they picked on me instead."

Noelle vividly recalled Blake being the reason she'd been harassed when she was younger. It was easy to say that he'd avenged her, but the truth was that they'd targeted her because of Blake.

Back then, she cared about Blake and continued following him even when bullied. No one else wanted to talk to him, after all.

Then, Xenia came to their family. Noelle's social standing at school plummeted with her manipulative encouragement, and she was completely isolated.

She had been blind to it all in her previous life and foolishly believed Blake stuck up for her.

Frank's expression faltered. "I didn't know that was the case."

Noelle lowered her gaze. She was the youngest in the family. Donovan, Frank, and Carl were all busy with work. Wyatt was a loner, and Lucas was practically Blake's shadow.

She could only trail behind Blake and Lucas, but she didn't mind though she knew those Blake had fought would eventually come after her.

Blake would fight back for her, and she felt she mattered in those moments.