Rejected No More: I Am Way Out Of Your League, Darling!

Chapter 17

Chapter 17:

Between heavy sobs, she declared, “Dad, I will be a good daughter to you. I’ll take care of you when you’re old!”

Katrina dabbed at her eyes with a tissue in a theatrical display of emotion and remarked to Alexander, “Look at the touching bond between father and daughter!”

Alexander stayed quiet throughout this exchange.

Joyce wiped away her feigned tears and turned to Alexander with a coy smile.

“Alexander, when do you think we should get married?” Alexander’s expression remained unreadable as he spoke in a flat tone.

“I’ll need to take this up with my family first.”

charming mask once again. With a

out of the hospital room, Joyce hurried after him, her posture meek, radiating a timid and vulnerable charm. Her eyes, reddened from emotion, conveyed

Is that the real reason you won’t marry me? Do you scorn me like the

and tone, Joyce mirrored Katrina, possessing an aura that seemed out of place among refined circles. Her eyebrows

her face in contemplative silence for a long moment before he finally responded, “The audio and

updates uploaded to

had not anticipated that Alexander would delve into the

would shield her, never imagining that the erased

She had underestimated Daniela.

now

had no other option!” Joyce implored, her

took delight in tormenting me behind the scenes. She branded me a misfit brought in by a stepmother, and mocked me for aiming too high, thinking I could ever aspire to be with someone like you. It drove me to the brink, and in a moment of sheer rage, I lashed out. I had no idea Daniela would stoop so low as to record everything. Alexander, I

cheeks glistening with a cascade

his thoughts to himself, his voice low and

Daniela’s true colors,