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,

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 and

I’m not my father’s biological daughter that you hold back? Is that the real reason you won’t marry me? Do you scorn

of place among refined circles. Her eyebrows arched slightly

long moment before he finally responded,

uploaded

place. She had not anticipated that

support would shield her, never imagining that the

She had underestimated Daniela.

truth now laid bare, denial was

believe me—I had no other option!” Joyce implored, her hands concealing her

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, I was driven

on Joyce, her cheeks glistening with a

thoughts to himself, his voice

Daniela’s true colors,