No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric) novel Chapter 195

Hearing his words, Noelle looked over in astonishment.

What did he mean? And how did he know?

Avoiding her gaze, he continued, "After all, your parents loved you very much, and they definitely would have chosen to save you. So, you don't need to feel guilty."

Tears welled up in her eyes. "But I do feel guilty, and I still miss them after all these years."

If her parents hadn't had that accident, Xenia wouldn't be in her life, and none of this would have happened.

Unfortunately, life didn't live on what-ifs.

When Cedric noticed her reddened eyes, his throat tightened.

He stared at her quietly, the guilt inside him threatening to burst forth and drown him.

He patted her shoulder and said, "You're finally free now. You should head back to Yasnia and start a new life."

"Yeah, that's what I was planning to do. Once I buy a house there, I'll finally have a place I can call home."

She didn't plan on returning.

Cedric looked away, admiration flickering in his eyes. "Liddell Corporation's firewall is well-known in Yasnia. I never expected you to be the programmer behind it. How many more secrets do you have?"

"I just happened to be naturally talented at it. Frank studied computer science and gave me a lot of books, and I slowly picked it up."

"Is that why you want to major in computer science at Yole University?"

"Bingo. I might even pursue a double degree, though I haven't decided on the second one."

She glanced at Cedric. "When I was receiving the Outstanding Youth Award today, I think I saw that Yasnia was going to have a business fair on artificial intelligence. Do you think Alfred's company would be interested in that?"

She recalled that in her previous life, Frank's company had ventured into this field and eventually skyrocketed as the industry rose to prominence.

She had also been involved in developing the systems and personally wrote the code for the software.

This time, she wanted to start her own company and build something from scratch instead of working for someone else.