Chapter 55
Noelle looked up at Lionel and saw Frank standing outside of her classroom. She pursed her lips and ended up walking out toward him.
She remained indifferent, saying, “You had better not say a single word if you’re here to tell me to take notes for Xenia.”
She didn’t even need to think to know that Frank had come to her school to help Xenia apply for sick leave. Based on Frank’s track record, Noelle knew that he was definitely here to make her take notes for Xenia. He would probably even ask her to bring back all of Xenia’s
homework.
Frank was immediately filled with a tightness in his chest. “Noelle, is that really what you think of me?”
Noelle was beginning to lose her patience. “Are we done here or not?”
“Noelle, I remember that you always used to do well in school. However, your grades started becoming unstable and had gotten worse over time.
“Was it because of Xenia? Did you deliberately score similarly to her or intentionally try to score worse than her?”
Noelle paused, her eyes filled with confusion. She wondered how he had learned about this. She didn’t think that there was a point in bringing this up now.
Frank immediately understood that he had guessed correctly when he saw the look in her eyes. He felt sad. Why had they never noticed the change in Noelle? Why had they never noticed that Noelle was also always very kind toward Xenia?
Perhaps they did, but they had grown accustomed to favoring Xenia, who had started out in their family as an outsider. But as time went on, they had also grown used to ignoring Noelle’s
need for attention.
Noelle was slightly annoyed. She asked, “What’s the point of you asking me these questions? Don’t you have anything else better to do?”
“Noelle, you just have to give me a simple yes or no answer.”
“What’s the point in you asking me that?”
Noelle took a step back and increased the distance between them. She looked at him stubbornly and said, “Frank, if you’re really here to apologize or to make things right with me, then please don’t come and bother me until the college entrance exams are over.”
Frank smiled bitterly. The guarded look in her eyes was like a stab to his heart! Noelle truly did not trust them. Ultimately, he said with difficulty, “Alright. I promise you that.”
Noelle looked down. “Thank you.”
“Noelle, you don’t have to thank me for anything
With a slightly boarer voice, he add carefully Where are you maying for the time being?”
Noelle immediately looked at Frank plowly the westered what schemes he had up his
sleeve
Frank’s heart was filled with bitterness as
never lived on your own before, and I’m worried
“Ten’t minunderstand. It’s just that you’re out how you’re doing
His younger sister, who used to follow him eveure, was now treating him like a stranger. However, he only noticed the change too late in
Noelle said coldly, “I’m doing fine.”
In her past life, she had to resort to sleeping on the streets when she had been chased out of the Liddell residence. She had been harassed by beggars and had to scour the trash to survive. She had already survived the worst of the worst.
Frank considered it before saying, “I think you should move back home. Lucas will probably tell Donovan about what had happened, and you know his temper
“He’ll definitely ruin your exam preparations and probably cause trouble for that school doctor.
“As long as you’re willing to move back home, we won’t interfere with what you do and where you go. Is that alright with you?”
Noelle fell into silence.
“Noelle, you don’t have to give me an answer now. You can return to class and give it some thought. If you don’t want to come home, I’ll help you cover things up with Donovan.”
When Noelle heard Frank’s words, she felt uncomfortable. She didn’t want to owe him anything. Still, she decided to return to her classroom to think things through first.
Frank gave her one last look before heading to the school’s infirmary,
Cedric sat in his chair with his arm on the armrest, hiking up his sleeve and exposing his watch. When he looked up, his stare was cold
Frank glanced at the doctor before him and was shocked when he noticed Cedric’s watch. It was expensive–a limited edition watch that could not be bought with money.
That meant that the doctor before hi
was no ordinary man.
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