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,

up?” Daniela asked. “Are you coming in

shadows, the light stretching his silhouette across the floor. “Do you treat

her mouth to respond, but then she saw Cedric slowly lift his eyes, something broken

“But you’re my wife.”

if the words themselves

he took a long, steadying breath before quietly asking, “Is your kindness towards

aware that Daniela had lost

also understood that, without those three years, Daniela’s feelings for

your escape to

still, hearing those words stung more than he

upset in a way he

Cedric’s face and said plainly, “Didn’t

wasn’t good at it either. If Cedric’s leg injury hadn’t been because of her, she’d feel

not, it’s just a label, with no real meaning. If you find that term uncomfortable, I’ll change