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

Chapter 503

Chapter 503:

From that moment, the Bennett family’s chance to rectify their tarnished image was irretrievably lost.

Katrina faced legal consequences for her previous actions. By the time she was released, darkness had enveloped the city.

She attempted to reach Joyce, but her calls went unanswered.

Weighed down by defeat, she trudged back to her home, where she took a long shower and finally collapsed into bed, utterly exhausted.

As she lay in the dim quietude, her mind wandered through a lifetime of calculated maneuvers that had led her to this dismal point.

Drained to her core, Katrina found no solace in rest. The following morning, at the brisk hour of five, she jerked awake, stirred by an unyielding instinct. This time, instead of venturing out, she paused by her bedroom door.

Minutes ticked by until the soft creak of a door pierced the silence.

igniting like a

and peered through the sliver of an opening.

between Katrina’s eyebrows as pieces of a disturbing

with a hawk’s vigilance, her

thin crack of her door, a slight noise

exuding a dominance that sent an involuntary shiver cascading down Katrina’s spine,

newest

door slammed shut

Katrina’s heart raced furiously.

sneaking a cookie. It wasn’t until the familiar hour of her

demeanor as serene as

“Cedric…”

paused and turned to face

this morning?” Her voice trembled slightly,

Cedric’s reply was laced with feigned

I’ve seen you do it