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

Chapter 256

Chapter 256:

“Cedric, weren’t you with Lillian earlier? What took you so long?”

Cedric grabbed a drink from the table and poured it into Daniela’s glass. He smiled faintly and answered, “Got caught up with something. It took longer than I thought.” The question had been lighthearted, and the team shifted to other subjects.

As Cedric adjusted his suit jacket, preparing to take it off, Daniela’s voice suddenly came from beside him.

“Lillian mentioned you went back to the office.”

Cedric froze in place.

Her voice was light, almost indifferent, as if it were a mere comment with no weight.

For some reason, he couldn’t bring himself to look at her. His hand, which had been resting on his jacket, slowly dropped to his side.

discomfort, he selected a dish for Daniela and offered it

“This one’s great.

You should try it.”

a quick glance and a slight nod but didn’t say

front of him. As the meal went on, he kept

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Lillian raised an eyebrow.

know, if you two ever tie the knot, you’ll be a henpecked husband, Cedric. All this drama just because you went back to the office? Keep this up and you’ll lose that aloof, invincible persona everyone

shaking

I’ve never cared

as Lillian was about to reply,

admit it—I didn’t go back to the office; I had something else to

skeptical look, her eyes dropping to

a fight? Your

in, her curiosity

“Oh wow, you’re right.”

out of character, but then again, considering his often cold and distant demeanor with others, maybe it wasn’t so far-fetched after all. Cedric embodied contradiction, a