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

Chapter 174

Chapter 174:

After dedicating over a decade to serving Caiden, she was at the brink of claiming the family fortune, and errors were not an option now. She was poised to press further, but Caiden abruptly snuffed out his cigarette and stood.

Katrina watched his retreating figure heading towards the bathroom, her expression hardening into a frosty glare.

What exactly was happening?

Caiden was unusually aloof, his demeanor casting a shadow over the evening.

As Katrina pondered his changed attitude, her seldom-used backup phone tucked away in a drawer buzzed urgently. Casting a cautious glance towards the bathroom, she retrieved the phone and stepped out onto the balcony.

“Mom, why on earth are you calling so late?”

The first time Katrina had encountered Brylee Harper, Daniela’s mother, she had spun a tragic tale of being the sole survivor of her family, desperately seeking refuge. She had implored Brylee to take her in as a maid, claiming she had nowhere else to turn.

carried on for

didn’t know Katrina’s

I lost again at

I just hand you five hundred thousand? Mom, try to

tales on

And since Joyce is pregnant,

responded with

matter? You seem off. Isn’t it said that you have

check if anyone

I say. But earlier, when I suggested he should pass the fortune to Joyce, he paused—a first. Why have I devoted the last a decade to that old man? Clearly, it’s for the money. Why else would I endure, always

sky, her mind

a gasp of realization, she cried out,

through the phone, cutting sharply through Katrina’s

took her own life by jumping off that building. We

subdued, nodded her head in

you’re right. I’m