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.”

recomposed herself, donning her charming mask once again.

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

father’s biological daughter that you hold back? Is that the real reason

her gestures and tone, Joyce mirrored Katrina, possessing an aura that seemed out of place among refined circles. Her eyebrows arched slightly in a manner that seemed contrived, her

face in contemplative silence for a long moment before he finally responded, “The audio and surveillance footage weren’t tampered

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had not anticipated that Alexander

had assumed his unwavering support would shield her, never imagining

She had underestimated Daniela.

the truth now laid

had no other option!” Joyce implored, her hands concealing her tear-streaked face. Her voice quivered with

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 swear,

on Joyce, her cheeks glistening with a cascade of

his thoughts to himself,

you’ve seen Daniela’s