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.

her side, clenched into

while. But just before Cedric could turn and see her, she turned and

she said,

you. He

wrong,” Daniela replied

hated being in a position where she owed someone a favor—especially when she wasn’t sure if she could

idea unsettled her. Daniela had been burned before, her heart broken

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

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at the office, Daniela asked Ryan for the budget

through the numbers, recalculating everything. By the time Cedric rushed into the office, she had already

was still in the same dirt-streaked clothes from earlier, panting as if he’d sprinted all the way

Daniela lifted her eyes to find Cedric standing in the doorway, his shadow stretching long across the floor from the hallway lights behind

trying to gather himself. He paused

“I can explain.”

papers on her desk,