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

Chapter 104

Chapter 104:

Caiden hitting her wasn’t new; she never cried.

But now, as Cedric held her close, his voice trembling more than hers, whispering that she didn’t need to be afraid, her eyes began to fill.

It felt like walking alone for ages down a dark, desolate path. She could pretend it didn’t hurt, and saying it aloud seemed unnecessary.

Yet, the moment someone stood up for her, the floodgates opened, and the emotions she’d buried for so long spilled out uncontrollably.

Cedric’s heart broke into pieces. The woman he had cherished for so many years cried quietly against his shoulder. His chest tightened with so much pain that it felt like he couldn’t breathe.

The night gradually settled in.

Daniela stared into the darkened sky and murmured, “Cedric, from this moment on, I no longer have a father.”

clenched

exhaustion finally overcoming her as she drifted into

lounge. Outside, Lillian, sensing the quiet that had settled

as she asked, “Is she doing any

gently tucked a blanket around Daniela

new

couldn’t contain her

kind of monster does that? He’s her father! How could he hurt her like that? And now these rumors online, saying she’s not Caiden’s daughter? Otherwise, why would he treat her like this? I want answers

couldn’t hold back her frustration and shot him a

“Where are you going?”

respond and made his way upstairs. Once there, he asked Josie for some ice cubes, then

her in that moment. While her words about killing Caiden were just heated talk, Cedric was a man

Daniela’s lounge, carefully pressing the ice

he were the one who had been

when the

Daniela, who was asleep, before