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.

hell is happening?” she whispered

contagious, can it? I

her spa session, Joyce headed for the elevator. As the doors slid open, a brisk breeze

and still sporting a hard hat. Joyce’s expression twisted into a scowl of disdain. Wheeling around, she was ready to chastise the man for his disarray. However, her rebuke froze

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condition—his clothing caked with dirt and his face lined with sweat, as though he had just come

mind, she compared Cedric’s ruggedness to Alexander’s polished demeanor, and any residual

Joyce straightened herself and walked briskly

stationed outside the CEO’s

his appearance marked by toil and dust. She realized immediately that he

you come here like this?” she asked in

through the door’s narrow crack. The office was

wake her,”

troubled. As a child, neglected and alone, she had learned to soothe

acknowledgment, catching his