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

returned to Sonny

had

all disguises, screaming

No one would take even a single percentage of

Noel had worked hard on her dress and makeup as

ball, intent on stealing the

herself in

What she didn’t expect, however, was that

deliberately slow pace-or looking at her, for

made headlines and caused an uproar in business

she hadn’t received

thought about what to say when she made

she looked forward to, no one

She walked very slowly, even posing a little to draw

refusing to

Just as she wondered if Rocktown’s journalists were

at the other end were suddenly bursting with

to find Patrick and Cordy alighting from

the focus of the red carpet as everyone

all so eager that Noel

considerably, but she

being enthusiastic about Patrick’s

the Stuarts’ statuses were simply different-and

owed them

that was when she heard countless journalists bombarding Cordy Sachs

which