No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric) novel Chapter 1441

In that moment, it felt like the whole world around Noelle shifted. The sound of waves faded into nothing as the man's figure was all she could see.

Suddenly, the sand at her feet kicked up, and gunfire cracked through the air.

She froze and turned to see the guards aiming their guns straight at her. One of them shouted, "Ms. Liddell, if you try to get on that ship, I'll have to shoot them dead!"

Her face paled as she turned back to look at the Cedric look-alike and wondered if it could be him. But the man stood there for a second before he kept walking forward.

Noelle's heart sank. If it were Cedric, he wouldn't just walk away, would he?

With his back turned to him, she noticed the man had tanned skin and curly hair like a local's. He might look like Cedric from afar, but when she got up close, they were nothing alike.

Cedric had fair skin, so this man wasn't him.

While Noelle stood there, stunned, the workers finished loading the cargo and left. She could only watch helplessly as the ship pulled away and left her standing alone on the beach with tears streaming down her face.

In the cargo hold, Cedric saw Noelle's lone figure and instinctively clenched his fists.

He'd been so close to taking her away, but it was a shame that this shipment wasn't theirs. These were Carl's previous partners, and swapping them out wasn't easy.

Alfred's voice came through his earpiece. "The contact on the island just confirmed that Carl's been drugging Noelle. If you grab her now, what do we do if something happens?"

Cedric's voice was hoarse as he rasped. "I'm aware, so I didn't do it."

"Good. You just have to hold on a little longer because we're almost ready."

Staring at Noelle's lonely figure on the sand, he was so in pain that he could barely breathe. Deep down, he vowed to ruin every last one of the Liddells.

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