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

Chapter 142

Chapter 142:

Overwhelmed with elation, Joyce didn’t wait for the workday to conclude. She grabbed her purse and left the office early.

Her heels clicked decisively against the floor as she made her way to the upscale salon upstairs.

At the salon, Joyce splurged on an exclusive annual membership card costing $500,000, insisting on receiving the premier service they offered. Joyce was in high spirits. Daniela’s setback had already made her day sweeter, and now, the prospect of her imminent engagement to Alexander filled her with a sense of triumph.

As she lay on the treatment bed, fantasizing about her upcoming luxurious life, a jasmine aroma wafted into the room.

Normally, Joyce adored this fragrance.

Yet today, as soon as it hit her senses, she sat up abruptly, her hand over her mouth, feeling queasy. Grabbing a glass of water, she gulped it down, attempting to quell the sudden nausea.

the hell is happening?” she whispered to herself, her

contagious, can it? I need to keep my

for the elevator. As the doors slid open, a brisk breeze

expression twisted into a scowl of disdain. Wheeling around, she was ready to

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with dirt and his face lined with sweat, as though he had just come

and incongruent with the setting, filled her with embarrassment. In her mind, she compared Cedric’s ruggedness to Alexander’s polished demeanor, and any residual affection she

another look, Joyce straightened herself and walked

to the 25th floor. Lillian was stationed outside the CEO’s office,

toil and dust. She realized immediately that

here like this?” she asked in a

narrow crack. The

wake

a child, neglected and alone, she had learned to soothe her emotions through

acknowledgment,