No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric)

Noelle took a taxi back to her apartment. As she sat down on the sofa, she noticed bloodstains on her sleeves and realized it must have been from when she helped Frank into the car earlier that day. After changing her clothes, Noelle checked her phone and saw that Cedric had replied to her message with a simple "Okay."

Cedric was a man of few words, though when it came to roasting others, he could talk quite a bit.

While Noelle was live-streaming that evening, Frank flooded the chat with gifts. Noelle ignored them as usual, but her fans couldn't hold back their comments. "Isn't that SweetNelly's brother? He's such a generous guy!"

"I thought SweetNelly didn't get along with her family? This must be worth a fortune by now."noveldrama

"No matter what, she's the heiress of the Liddell family. Even if she's fighting with them, she'll always have that title. I wish I had brothers who spoiled me like that!"

Noelle's mood soured at the comments. She messaged Frank privately. "Stop sending gifts."

Frank replied, "Just accept them. You need the money to live on your own."

However, she didn't need the Liddell family's charity. Feeling irritated, Noelle ended her stream and contacted the staff to refund all the money Frank had sent. She didn't want it.

When Frank saw the refund, he sighed deeply. "Has Noelle really gotten to the point where she hates me this much?"

The butler, Gordon, replied, "Ms. Liddell is just deliberately ignoring you out of frustration, Mr. Liddell. Her goal is to get Ms. Quigley out of the picture. It's only then that she'll come back."

Frank shook his head. "Noelle isn't like that. I've neglected her too much, and that's what led to this situation."

Gordon added, "Mr. Liddell, Ms. Quigley is innocent. If it hadn't been for that incident all those years ago, she wouldn't have ended up an orphan and gone through all that hardship. She's the most innocent one in this."

Frank looked conflicted. Indeed, Xenia wasn't to blame for everything. Yet, Noelle had turned out this way because of her. He didn't know what to do anymore.

At that moment, James entered the room. "Mr. Liddell, the firewall issue hasn't been resolved yet. Ms. Liddell was in charge of that section. She probably knows how to fix it."

Frank smiled bitterly. "She won't even talk to me now."

James said, "Perhaps I should talk to Ms. Liddell about it."

Frank nodded, still holding onto a bit of hope.

James immediately called Noelle. "Ms. Liddell, this is James Newport, Mr. Liddell's secretary. We met before."

Noelle asked, "What's the matter?"

She recognized him. In her past life, James had been one of the few who had spoken up for her.

James explained, "It's about the

software you worked on for the

subsidiary. There's an issue with the

swno

firewall, and it hasn't been resolved.

"The partner is threatening to cancel the collaboration if it isn't fixed. Could you come to the office?"

Noelle recalled this situation from

her past life. She had hurried to resolve the issue, only for Xenia to steal the credit. Although Jame's had spoken up for her, Frank had ended up blaming him. en FindNovel

After a moment of hesitation, Noelle replied, "I'm not an employee of Liddell Corporation. This isn't my responsibility."

"Ms. Liddell, you were involved in it before," James said.

Noelle scoffed. "That was before. Back then, I still considered myself part of the Liddell family. Things have changed now."

Noelle's harsh words reached Frank's ears. He closed his eyes, unsure of how to respond.

James quickly added, "Well, how about we treat this as a part-time job? I'll pay you according to the market rate. What do you think?"

Noelle didn't need the money, but

the project got canceled, James

would be affected, too. After net

some

thought, she agreed. "Alright'll

come tomorrow."

It was just to return a favor.