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

Chapter 65

Chapter 65:

Joyce glanced at Cedric with renewed interest.

“Mr. Phillips, are you planning to head to lunch soon? Could I perhaps accompany you?” Joyce angled her head, giving her eyelashes a flirtatious flutter, hoping to charm him.

Her lips curved into a playful pout as she implored in a sweet, coaxing tone, “Please? Can I join you for lunch?”

Daniela shivered, a wave of goosebumps spreading across her skin.

Cedric’s forehead creased, and in a sharp, icy tone, he replied, “No.” Joyce opened her mouth to argue, but before she could, Cedric’s face hardened.

“I have germaphobia,” he stated plainly.

Joyce stood stock-still. Her eyes immediately began to fill with tears. What was he trying to say? Was he suggesting she was dirty? Just as Joyce was about to speak, Daniela raised her hand and gestured to the door.

“Alright, time to leave.

gone. How about you hurry up

her eyes could scorch

softened the heart of any ordinary man. But

eyes with Cedric’s

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“What’s the matter?”

glowing as she had the day they first met, but now there was something different—something that caused a

let’s go,”

Cedric barely spoke. His attention never strayed from Daniela. He peeled shrimp, cracked crabs, and even cut the

to be bothering him. After the meal,

a slice of juicy watermelon and

not to press him

his eyes lowering for a moment.

turned to him, seeing the seriousness in his

silence. She looked away, took another bite of the watermelon, and gave a