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

Chapter 1445:

They reached the 15th floor, and Damon’s breath caught in his throat at the sight before him.

Cedric stood at the very edge of the unfinished floor, one hand clamped tightly around Kohen’s neck, dangling him outside the unguarded railing.

Kohen’s body dangled in the open air, feet kicking helplessly, the city yawning beneath him.

Damon’s face blanched, panic tightening every muscle in his body. He stood frozen for a second, then shouted down the stairwell, his voice cracking, “Daniela! Daniela—come quick!” He was certain Cedric had lost it.

Kohen, catching a glimpse of the barren construction site below—nothing but hard-packed earth, the promise of death in a single slip—tried to bluff his way out, his voice trembling. “If I die here, this whole project goes under. You’ll all be ruined.”

Daniela appeared at the landing just then, her stride unhurried and her expression unreadable. “It’s only a project. If it costs your life, I’d say it’s a fair trade.”

and began to fan herself, acting as if she’d wandered

powerless he truly was. “You can’t do this,” he murmured, his

out, “Damon, what are you

took a halting step

I’ll drop him,” Cedric

a terrifying second, his

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any closer!” Kohen wailed, his heart

“Please, I’m begging you—no matter what happened, he’s

dying today. This is just a warning. Go home and tell Hamilton—this is only the beginning.” With that, she swept past Kohen without so much as a backward glance and

heavy

Cedric, whose face was twisted with a rage that shattered his usual mask of detachment.