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

Chapter 523

Chapter 523:

His gaze hardened as memories surfaced—how Daniela had grown up without a mother’s love, while Katrina had taken everything that had once belonged to Brylee, raising her own daughter like royalty. A surge of rage coursed through Cedric; he wanted to destroy Katrina in that moment.

Panic gripped Katrina as she stumbled backward, losing her balance before tumbling down the stairs. Her scream echoed through the villa, sharp and filled with pain. Katrina had broken two ribs.

As she was rushed to the hospital, Joyce burst out of her room. She stood there, utterly confused, the weight of the situation crashing down on her. She had hoped Katrina would save her from the cruel torment. But now that Katrina was injured, what could she do? What was left for her?

Joyce froze at the top of the stairs, her legs trembling as memories of the endless, inhuman torture she had suffered flooded her mind. Steeling herself, she made her way slowly down the stairs.

Seeing Caiden watching TV, she tried to summon the image of the obedient daughter she once was.

“Dad.”

didn’t even glance at her, his voice cold as

“I’m not your dad.”

ghostly pale, still marked by the trauma

Please, let me take care of you. I’m still

escape begins

he had once cared deeply for her, and for a moment, compassion stirred

been a bit naive, just

forgive me,

his jaw, his

his expression, Joyce pressed

really mean it, Dad. Everything I’ve gone through has shown me just

most important

but Joyce’s

pay off that hundred-million-dollar debt for me, I’ll change

shattered any lingering fantasy Caiden had