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

Chapter 317

Chapter 317:

“You’re wounded,” Cedric observed, his tone tinged with a blend of accusation and concern.

“I saw it earlier. Now that we’re alone, let me attend to it.”

“It’s really just a scratch,” Daniela dismissed.

“I’ve weathered far worse storms.”

Over the years, she’d suffered her fair share of nicks and cuts from pencil tips while immersed in her designs. Those injuries had been more severe than this minor scrape.

Cedric’s jaw clenched.

“May I come in?”

Daniela stepped back, granting him entry.

Inside, Cedric made his way to the sofa and set the medical kit on the coffee table. Without a glance, he commanded, “Sit.” His voice carried a note of grievance, as if he bore the injury himself.

Daniela complied, rolling up her

maintained silence as he cleaned her wound with

this dry,” he

“Got it.”

spicy foods, and lay off the soy sauce—it might

to acknowledge it, Cedric was already extracting a tube of

Apply it once the wound closes to

shouldn’t worry about any lasting

voice was gentle, laden with an

I failed to protect

he finished, he discarded the used swab in the

of his shirt. Her action was spontaneous. She looked up and froze

“You…”

muttered through

“I should go now.”

grip on his shirt didn’t

wasn’t your fault. That ashtray—I flung it myself. How

then handed him

I wouldn’t have even noticed the scratch if you hadn’t shown