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

Chapter 1096:

Over something like this?

Not a chance. Daniela was his. No matter what.

That night, father and son clashed. Voices were raised, doors slammed. In the end, Alexander packed his bags and left—choosing solitude at his office in Bennett Group. Yet even as he left, the weight of it all sat heavily in his chest. He was a man of old-fashioned values, and in many ways, he saw eye to eye with Richard. To him, a woman’s role was to bear children and shape the next generation.

If there were no children to inherit his legacy, then what was the point of all his struggles? Suddenly, all of it felt hollow—empty. A storm of emotions tore through Alexander, leaving him restless and aching. A bitter part of him blamed Daniela for not taking better care of herself, for putting him in this impossible position.

Josie walked back to Cedric’s home, her thoughts a tangled mess. Cedric stood by the kitchen counter, flipping through a cookbook, lost in concentration. Josie stepped inside, her gaze drifting to Cedric’s profile, her mind swirling with thoughts.

him look less like the strong, dignified man he once was and more like

But now, with Daniela tearing through the fragile peace she had built, Josie found herself unable

still recall the day Daniela came back after the divorce—how Cedric had personally asked her to look after

come home. Please take care of her for me. She never had a mother’s warmth and doesn’t trust easily. If you watch over her,

with the weight of Josie’s funeral arrangements. He couldn’t make sense of it—why had Josie chosen to

out more

took her own life. Should we take

“Her family should not

hesitated before asking,

someone without a past now, and Josie’s death carried no weight to her. But for Cedric, the pain would be unbearable. Someone he had trusted like family had been the cause of his ruin. The guilt would eat at him, making him