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

Chapter 167

Chapter 167:

“Mom, why do you think Alexander will come?”

With a knowing chuckle, Katrina replied, “He probably got rejected by Daniela. Do you really think the Bennett family hasn’t considered all their options? At the end of the day, they’re eyeing our fortune.”

A knot of unease tightened in Joyce’s chest. She harbored fears that Alexander might scorn her, and beyond that, she was troubled by the thought that he might not treat her child with kindness.

It wasn’t until Katrina reassured her that the Harper family’s fortune would be in her child’s name and that she’d take care of the child herself that Joyce’s tension eased slightly.

Caiden furrowed his brow upon hearing that.

The thought of taking care of a child was the furthest thing from his mind.

He had no interest in a life cluttered with the chaos of diapers and nursery rhymes.

his feelings to himself for the

realized this child wasn’t connected to him by blood. Was he about to endow his vast

him beyond the grave. But the thought

more Caiden dwelled on this fact, the deeper his discomfort grew. And if Joyce ever married, her allegiance would inevitably pivot to her husband’s family, relegating him,

situation just didn’t sit right with him, no matter how he pondered

tales on .

and called back to Katrina that

storm brewing in Caiden’s

your father is to embrace a grandchild someday. Don’t worry, Joyce. Everything in this house belongs to you and your child—no one

pace faltered as he stepped outside. For an inexplicable

Katrina’s face was heavily made up, her

the summer Katrina first became a part

had come home to

at the top of the stairs while Joyce, seated at the grand dining table with a bib tied neatly around

had a lot of egg custard today. Perhaps you’d

soured instantly. She ripped off her bib and