After Noelle finished speaking, she stared at Frank intently.


    His expression went from excitement to hesitation.


    Noelle smirked. This was within her expectation.


    With that meager honesty, he wanted her to stay in the Liddell family?


    Frank couldn''t muster any words. How would he choose between the two of them?


    Lucas came over and rified, "Noelle, you''re giving us a hard time. We owe you, but it has nothing to do with Xenia, right?"


    Noelle snickered. She said that on purpose to see through their disingenuous words.


    Xenia gritted her teeth and said, "I can leave. It''s fine. Growing up here has been amazing. As long as Noelle agrees toe back, I''m willing to move out."


    Donovan was the first to speak out against this. "No way. What would the Liddells look like? Your dad saved Noelle. He went back to save our parents, which was why he died in the ident. How could we abandon you, an orphan?"


    They had taken her home to repay his kindness.


    Xenia averted her eyes guiltily.


    She thought that her dad had passed away. However, the man who contacted her recently seemed very simr to her dad, even though she had only texted him and never saw him before.


    If his dad didn''t die, who did? Why had he lived in secret all these years? What secrets were buried in the ident?


    She''d asked him about it, but he wouldn''t answer her questions. He kept asking her for money!


    Xenia had her guesses, but she didn''t dare to expose herself. If they found out about her, her life as a rich heiress would be over. This secret was suffocating her.


    Now that Donovan brought her dad up, she felt it uneasily within her, terrified that something would happen.


    After hearing what Donovan had to say, Noelle said softly, "In that case, I''ve got nothing else to say."


    He stated sternly, "If you''re insistent on leaving, nevere back anymore. You won''t be economically supported by Liddells anymore."


    "Fine. Since you want to draw the line, I have something to say as well."


    She pulled a document out of her bag. "This is a contract which deres that we''ve severed ties. I''ve signed my name."


    She''d almost forgotten that she''d brought this to the hospital. In the struggle, if he hadn''t brought up severing ties, she wouldn''t have recalled it.


    The document was exposed to everyone.


    sto


    Frank was standing the closest. He could see it clearly.


    The title of the contract stabbed into him, causing him endless agony.


    Frank said hoarsely, "Do you have to be so cruel, Noelle?"


    "Frank, you must get your head on straight. I wasn''t the one who chased me out of the family."


    She flung the document at Frank


    and turned to leave. He tried to catch the papers, but they slipped


    out of his grasp, as though he tried to keep Noelle by his side but failed.


    Donovan was dumbstruck by the document.


    He looked at Frank and Lucas. "What happened while I was away? Why has she


    changed so much?"


    If this was the past and he told


    Noelle to get out, she wouldn''t have gone against his wishes! Not only had she left, she also gave him the contract! She''d signed it! This wasn''t a grudge. She was for real.


    Frank didn''t know whether tough or cry. "Donovan, Noelle is our only biological


    sister! Why did you say all that?"