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

you coming in

in the shadows, the light stretching his silhouette across the floor. “Do you treat me kindly just

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

“But you’re my wife.”

trembled, as if the

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

was aware that Daniela had

without those three years, Daniela’s feelings for him now were barely

your

hearing those words stung more

was shaken, upset in a way he

said plainly, “Didn’t

it either. If Cedric’s leg injury hadn’t been because of

or not, it’s just a