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

Chapter 227

Chapter 227:

Alexander was about to protest, but Daniela cut him off once more.

“Let’s at least maintain some basic decency. Mutual respect is the bare minimum. Or should I teach you that too?”

Alexander’s frustration grew. He hadn’t even begun to express himself, and she was already lecturing him.

“Why are you treating me like this?” he demanded, his voice tight with anger.

“Cedric gets access to the proposal. Why don’t I?”

Daniela’s tone remained steady, emotionless.

“I forgot.” It was a dismissive response, and she didn’t offer any further explanation.

hand, his voice cold and

to let this go, not with rumors already

“There aren’t

breath caught in his chest, his frustration reaching a

“You’re playing me, Daniela!”

curved into

such that I’d treat you the same way I do Cedric? Is it because you told me you’d ‘treat

her face hardening

your next chapter

to get under

a hint of

you had some dignity, some pride. If you come crawling back to me now that I’ve found success, it’ll make everything I ever felt for you seem like a joke. It’ll make me realize that even your

her gaze never wavered from his, and she seemed entirely unaffected

fathom it. And when you have so much of something, it loses its value. If it only takes money to win your favor, then

that, she turned back to her paperwork, picked up her pen, and resumed

together. After a heavy, silent pause, he spun on his

spat

felt such humiliation. Each step felt