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

Chapter 1398:

Carol gave a weary sigh. “He’s probably just trying to force you to pull yourself together.”

“You’re wrong,” Nikolas said quietly, placing the phone face down. “He doesn’t play emotional games. Everything he does is calculated. Now that I’m useless to him, he’s thrown me away like trash.”

After that, Nikolas stopped caring. He let his beard grow, traded his dress shirts for wrinkled tees, and eventually stopped showing up to work at all. Most days, he stayed in the villa, glued to the couch with a controller in hand.

Every night, as Carol and the others arrived, the sharp staccato of virtual gunfire echoed from the living room speakers.

Not once did Daniela lift a finger to interfere.

Watching him spiral, Carol couldn’t take it anymore. “He’s not going to snap out of this on his own. If you don’t step in soon, Daniela, he’s going to rot away completely.”

strong hand, but he threw it all away. It truly was

her a playful wink. That was enough to draw

evening, as Daniela entered the villa and found Nikolas still sunk into the cushions, she walked over, tapped the backrest, and said, “Hey, you. Put the controller down. You’re coming with me to an auction

eyes glued to his screen. “Forget

persuading him. She said coldly, “You have half an hour to get your act together. If you’re still a mess when I come back

to listen. Just then, Cedric strolled past and said, “I advise you to listen to her. If you get kicked out, no one is going to

him.

about it. You’ve got thirty minutes. Fix yourself or don’t. It’s your call.” With

under his breath, Nikolas tightened his grip on the video game controller and

Carol answered plainly, “Nope.”

to tidy himself up, though he rose from the sofa in a vain attempt to save some pride. “Look, these are the only clothes