No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric) novel Chapter 578

If there really was nothing between Laura and Cedric, why did she have his phone?

Cedric recounted, "I was rushing to get my grandmother to the hospital. I must have dropped my phone there, and she picked it up. But I didn't know she answered your call. She never told me."

"How am I supposed to believe that?" Noelle looked at him calmly, but her heart ached.

She continued, "I never doubted you. But you lied to me for so long. Once trust is broken, it can never be the same again."

Cedric panicked. "Noelle, it's not like that. I didn't mean to hide my identity from you."

"Oh? Then tell me why." Noelle wanted to hear the reason.

Cedric met her gaze but couldn't bring himself to talk about the accident all those years ago. Noelle once said that she hated the driver and the person in the back seat.

Cedric finally understood the pain of a broken heart.

His grandmother was right. He should have told Noelle from the beginning. But now, he couldn't because he didn't want to lose her—he was trapped between a rock and a hard place with no way of turning things around.

Noelle stared at him. "Say it. Why did you lie to me?"

Cedric remained silent.

Noelle smirked. She guessed it was because of their difference in status. That was why he had hidden the truth. Did their time together mean nothing to Cedric?

Noelle picked up the boxing gloves and handed them to him. "Take these back. And I'll return the things you sent to my dorm, too."