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.”

mask once again. With a soft, reassuring smile,

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

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

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

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in place. She had not anticipated that Alexander would delve

would shield her, never imagining that

She had underestimated Daniela.

truth now laid bare, denial was

no other option!” Joyce implored, her hands concealing her tear-streaked

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

on Joyce, her cheeks glistening with a cascade of

his thoughts to himself, his voice low and

you’ve seen Daniela’s true colors,