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

Chapter 1181:

Nikolas paused, surprised by her response. It was exactly what he had anticipated.

“My back’s worse than Cedric’s leg,” he muttered.

Daniela immediately grasped what he meant and frowned, giving him a look that suggested he’d lost his mind. “Nikolas, you may look pitiful now, but you’ve forgotten something.”

Nikolas stared at her, blank-faced.

Daniela explained, “Cedric’s leg injury happened while saving me, so I feel sympathy for him. Your injury, however, has nothing to do with me, does it?”

Nikolas suggested, “Why not just stab me now?”

Daniela, silent, waved her hand, signaling for the secretary to throw him out.

Daniela went back to her meeting as Nikolas was escorted to the hospital. Cedric stood by the office door, a small bowl of strawberries in his hands.

and looked up, only to meet

up?” Daniela asked. “Are you coming

stretching his silhouette across the floor. “Do you treat me kindly just because you feel sorry

then she saw Cedric slowly

“But you’re my wife.”

voice trembled, as if the words themselves hurt

before quietly asking, “Is your kindness towards me

that Daniela had lost her

years, Daniela’s feelings for him

is your

hearing those words stung

in a way

demeanor rational and calm. She studied Cedric’s face and said plainly, “Didn’t you already know? It’s not entirely pity,

If Cedric’s leg injury hadn’t

out of pity or not, it’s just a label, with