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

Chapter 161

Chapter 161:

“Daniela?” she whispered.

“How long has this been happening?” Daniela asked, without looking away from Cedric.

Lillian hesitated, aware there was no way to hide it anymore.

Before Lillian could speak, Daniela stated, “So Cedric is the one backing Tyler’s company.”

It wasn’t a question, but a statement.

Lillian shifted uneasily and rubbed her hands together.

“Yeah,” she confessed.

hand, resting at her

just before Cedric could turn and see

should’ve told me earlier,” she said, gripping

want us to tell you. He didn’t want to be

he wasn’t wrong,” Daniela

burden.” She really hated being in a position where she owed someone a favor—especially when she wasn’t sure if she could

very idea unsettled her. Daniela had been

anyone how deeply disappointment could wound a person, how it could tear them apart. She didn’t want Cedric to go

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office, Daniela asked Ryan

take her long—just over an hour—and she had gone through the numbers, recalculating everything. By the time Cedric rushed into the office, she had already set her pen

dirt-streaked clothes from earlier, panting as if

lit, with only the desk lamp casting a soft glow. Daniela lifted her eyes to find Cedric standing in the doorway, his shadow stretching

pushed up earlier, clearly trying to gather himself. He paused in front of her

“I can explain.”

he spoke, Cedric’s gaze drifted to the scattered papers on her desk, each one covered