No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric) novel Chapter 567

Noelle stared at her own message with the urge to ask him for answers. Her heart felt as if it had been plunged into cold water, and in the end, she deleted the message in her drafts.

She tossed her phone aside and just stared at Cedric's message, ultimately not giving him a reply. At that moment, Noelle had no idea what to do.

Noon arrived in no time, and she received another message from Cedric. "Let's have lunch together. I brought you a gift from my business trip."

Noelle glanced at the message, but she did not feel like replying to anything. Not long after, her phone started ringing with a call from Cedric.

She did not answer the call, and he called again and again. Each attempt further caused her heart to sink into turmoil.

Grace turned to Noelle and asked, "Who's calling you, Noelle? Aren't you going to pick up the call?"

It was only then that Noelle picked up her phone and wrote a reply on WhatsApp. "I'm a bit busy right now. Let's talk some other time."

Cedric frowned upon reading her message. He felt that something was off about her reply. She had never acted like this before.

He wondered if she was really busy with her esports team.

His slender fingers reached out to tap on her profile picture on WhatsApp. He took a look at her status and saw that there was nothing unusual.

He wondered if she was mad at him because he did not reply to her message last night. That was the only reason Cedric could think of.

Just then, Emma approached him and said, "The doctor said that if grandma undergoes surgery, the risk is relatively high."

Cedric put his phone back into his pocket and looked up at Anastasia inside the ICU, his gaze filled with concern.

Anastasia suddenly collapsed and was rushed to the hospital last night. She was finally brought out of the operating room after an emergency operation that lasted all night.

He pursed his lips and replied, "Let's focus on her current recovery. We can talk about the surgery some other time."

"I think so, too. We must be fully prepared if grandma were to undergo surgery," Emma hesitated for a moment before continuing. "When do you plan on telling Noelle the truth?"