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

Chapter 594:

She sipped her coffee, trying to mask her discomfort.

The muffled sounds from upstairs changed, evolving into anguished screams and finally into desperate, gut-wrenching pleas.

The harsh, guttural cries were punctuated by the sharp crack of a whip, reverberating through the grand villa. Katrina’s hands shook, the coffee cup trembling against its saucer.

She’d always known Doug had a dark side, but she hadn’t imagined it was this depraved.

A chill of dread coiled around her.

Just as she gathered the courage to leave, the eerie silence upstairs brought her to a halt.

The door creaked open, and Doug emerged at the top of the staircase.

His sharp, narrow eyes locked onto her, a glimmer of amusement flickering within them.

gaze sent a wave of unease washing over

make her escape, but Doug’s voice pinned her

you here

herself to respond,

upstairs. Go

open the patio door and strolled into

until she was absolutely certain he was out of sight

stood slightly ajar, and a faint, metallic scent of blood seeped through the

past her, carrying a cup of coffee in and emerging moments later with a rumpled quilt. Katrina hesitated before pushing

in the doorway,

automatic curtains, which drew

the floor-to-ceiling windows, pooling onto the polished

scale of the room—an expansive two hundred square meters,

tracing the edge of the freshly changed sheets, the

deeply, her head tilted slightly back, exhaling a plume of smoke with a