No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric) novel Chapter 1256

Despite her complicated emotions. Noelle was mostly happy. After all, Emma had been so good to her, and she couldn't bear to see Emma suffer so much during each treatment.

Hence, if enduring a few days with the Liddells meant easing Emma's pain, it was worth it. Nevertheless, she needed to tell Cedric about this. While she waited, Noelle found herself distracted and unfocused.

After a long while, Cedric finally finished his meeting and returned. He walked into the office and saw her absent-minded expression. He asked, "What's wrong?"

"Are you done with work?" Noelle looked up at him.

Cedric came over and hugged her. "Not yet. I still have some documents to handle and a few things to sign."

"Okay, then go ahead. I'll wait for you."

He kissed her forehead gently. "Head to the lounge. There's a laptop in there, and you can play games while you wait for me."

Noelle went directly to the lounge and saw a laptop nearby. She actually hadn't played games in a long time.

After she turned on the laptop and logged into her gaming account, she discovered that the background music had been replaced with a festive holiday theme. This music was familiar to her because she'd heard it in her previous life as well.

Back then, she'd been kicked out by the Liddells and was locked up in Pineview Psychiatric Hospital. She remembered that in her previous life, she seemed to have died after New Year's as well. It felt like things destined to happen in some mysterious way couldn't be avoided, no matter what.

However, it was just that these things didn't happen to her this time. This time, the person locked up in the psychiatric hospital was Xenia.

After Noelle finished a round, Cedric walked in. "Another win?"

"Of course. When have I ever lost?" Noelle closed the laptop and looked at him. "Are you done?"

Cedric came over and sat beside Noelle. "Do you have something you want to tell me?"

He could tell that Noelle had something on her mind. "Are you worried about Ivy?"

Noelle shook her head. "It's about Mrs. Greene."

Noelle smiled and shook her head. "You don't need to apologize. I'm actually grateful there's still a way to ease her pain during treatment."

"What did the Liddells ask for?" Cedric's gaze darkened, anger brewing inside of him.

The Liddells had always been this way—They claimed they wanted to make amends, but they never cared about what Noelle actually wanted.

"He's coming back before the New Year. After starting the first round of treatment for Mrs. Greene, he wants me to go back to Liddell Manor and spend the holiday with them."

Cedric's brow furrowed tightly. "They're still working tirelessly to disgust you. Do they think this will make everything okay?"

Noelle hugged Cedric. "It's okay. I just feel bad that I can't spend New Year's with you all."

She'd been looking forward to it for so long. Cedric's eyes narrowed slightly. "You mentioned before that Carl also had the same dreams as you?"