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

Chapter 1217:

Daniela froze, her senses overwhelmed.

She caught a familiar scent, then felt the weight of a body shielding hers.

Her head found rest against a solid chest.

The rhythmic thump of a heart reverberated in her ear, loud like a drumbeat.

Daniela lifted her gaze, her eyes meeting Cedric’s jawline, taut with tension.

“It’s okay,” Daniela whispered. “The explosives in the bomb were swapped with flour.”

Cedric froze for a moment, his gaze softening as he looked down at her.

The fear and panic hadn’t completely left his face, and his heartbeat remained uneven and wild.

you sure?” Cedric asked, his doubt

and if you

and saw Natalie being restrained

as cold sweat trickled from his forehead, landing

contrast to the heat of

gripped him,

Yet despite his fear, Cedric charged forward

feel a flicker of

that moment, she realized that Cedric’s feelings for her might run

caught sight of

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bomb she’d clutched moments ago now spewed a soft stream

of them sprawled on the ground like survivors

frozen,

brain fumbled to make sense of what had just unfolded before his

had he just