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

Chapter 880:

Cedric shut his eyes briefly, already regretting listening for this long. His subordinate had zero ambition.

The voice messages kept rolling in.

He glanced at Daniela again. She was still sprawled on the sofa, completely absorbed in her phone. Gunfire and explosions crackled from the speakers. Cedric noticed that Daniela seemed to have a particular fondness for shooting games.

His subordinate’s voice came through again. “Cedric, you’re a genius. You knew those mercenaries would stop at nothing to get to you, so you hired Cealmaur ahead of time. That’s some next-level planning.”

Cedric typed back, “No. I didn’t hire them.”

A second later, his screen flooded with a stream of question marks.

“Then explain why Shadow is here. And more than that—I heard Cealmaur’s leader, Clarinda, just publicly announced that you’re under her protection. Clarinda never gets involved in bounty orders. She only takes paid assignments. For her to make a statement like that… Cedric, don’t even try to tell me there’s no story behind this, because I won’t buy it.”

Cedric looked completely dumbfounded. “Who did you just say is protecting me?”

boss

stared at his

me you seriously had no

at all.” Cedric had always disliked the ruthless, bloodstained world of mercenaries. After inheriting Lone Wolf from the previous leader, he had barely touched its operations, steering the group towards legitimate business instead. When he heard about the underground bounty order, his first instinct had been to

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to personally declare her protection over

good-looking guy. Maybe she’s got

for me. No matter how impressive Clarinda might be, I’d never be interested in anyone but my wife.

hesitation on the other end. “Shadow’s rate alone is already insane. And this time, it’s not just her. Apparently, their entire

too stunned to

out a deep sigh, he turned to Daniela with

her game, Daniela barely reacted.

idea,” Cedric said, his voice

focus