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 with

against his shoulder, her exhaustion finally overcoming her

lifted her into the office’s lounge. Outside, Lillian, sensing the quiet that had settled in, hesitated before quietly peeking through the

voice was soft and cautious as she asked, “Is she doing any

Daniela before

what’s new

the office, Lillian couldn’t contain her anger any longer and exploded in the

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

Cedric, she couldn’t hold back her frustration and shot him a barrage

“Where are you going?”

his way upstairs. Once there, he asked Josie for some ice cubes, then wrapped them carefully in

coming from Cedric. It hit her in that moment. While her words about killing Caiden were just heated

pressing the

tightened in sympathy, as though he were

to speak when the secretary quietly

who was asleep, before turning his