A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 399

Noel was attending the charity ball too, but as board chairwoman of Sachs

Enterprises.

Sachs Enterprises would never make the list of the Stuarts’ grandest annual charity

ball, and it was Jessica who personally extended an invitation to Noel. Jessica said

that since they were partners, she should give Noel more opportunities if it was within

her abilities.

Noel was beside herself with joy, and went out of her way to brag in front of her family.

After all, she was no longer staying at the family’s mansion, having bought herself

another that was much grander than theirs.

Still, Sue met her in private. She appeared to be happy for Noel, saying that she and

Noel could finally hold their own in the Sachs family. She also added that Plum had

been kept miserably in house arrest at the mansion by Simon himself.

Despite all her fawning, it was clear Sue wanted to win Noel over and take a cut of the

Sachs’s family estate. However, Noel was no pushover. She grew up watching Sue,

and knew very well what Sue was scheming-once Sue earned Noel’s favor, she would

shares on Sachs Enterprises that Noel owned until

returned to

had the latter thrown out even as

dropped all disguises,

take even a single percentage of

hard on her dress and makeup as she strutted along

of the Stuarts’ charity ball, intent on stealing the spotlight and

herself in that

however, was that none of

pace-or looking at her,

uproar in business when she

but since then, she hadn’t received not even one

already thought about what to

looked forward to, no one even looked her

very slowly, even posing a little

refusing

wondered if Rocktown’s journalists were harder

end

Cordy alighting from

becoming the focus of the red carpet as everyone turned towards

were all so eager that Noel thought she

but she

being enthusiastic

the Stuarts’ statuses were simply different-and since they were the

Noel owed them

was when she heard countless journalists bombarding Cordy Sachs

so many questions, none of which had anything to do with