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

Chapter 1481:

Daniela unlocked her phone, tapped quickly, and slid it across the table. Nikolas’ words trailed off as he glanced down.

“Besides, he told me to go home and…”

But then he saw it: McCoy Group’s name right there on the bidding results. In that moment, Nikolas’ world seemed to tilt.

As Nikolas fixed his eyes on the results, a wave of despair crashed over him. A heavy, sick lump formed in his throat. He stared at the screen, suddenly unable to swallow another bite.

Without a word, he stood and stormed out, heading straight for his father’s.

The moment he burst in, he showed the bidding results to Hamilton. His voice shook with hurt and fury as he demanded, “Dad, what is this supposed to mean? Didn’t you say McCoy Group had no interest in a small project like this? Yet you reviewed my cost estimate—and now your final bid is just one dollar higher than mine. You’re not just humiliating yourself. You’re humiliating me!”

Nikolas’ world shattered, leaving him numb with disappointment.

all his hopes on this one victory, desperate to prove himself, but in the

tone dripping

You’re still so naive. How can you expect to survive in business? You need to learn

a reprimand from

and asked quietly, “He’s just been humiliated. Are you

lingered on Nikolas, but she offered no

that evening, Nikolas came to find Daniela, who

all on

saw it coming. I let you down, and I wasted Cedric’s hard

shadow of the ambitious man

Daniela studied him.

you let

up, startled by