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

h marriage, the heavens seemed to unleash their fury, co

groom, Alexander Bennett, heroically swept Joyce Holt into his arms an

la was rendered immobile by its weight, her eye

th, the encroaching shadows of unconsciousness began to cloud her vis

to flicker out, a figure

y, reassuring thud of her rescuer's heartbeat agai

s cut through the muffle

fic odor of burning fle

the strength to pry her eyes open, only to be met with a suffocati

ething sticky and unsettling. Instinctively, the man bearing her weight reco

in her ears, relen

mth that had scorched her

ess of her eyelids, she strai

e glimpsed a distinctive mole near the man's eye-a mol

the ambulance has arrived. The Harper family is already aboard. We must get moving right away. Your arm requires urgent ca

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slumber in the stark, frigid con

ts ghostly, somber light. The room lay shrouded in sil

t marred her left cheek. The doctor had cautioned that without

octor returned to as

pty room, he queried,

smile. She had tried to reach Alexand

moving too much could worsen your injuries. If there's

you the bride from that fire incident that hit

hed slightly, gesturing to silence her colleague. Leaning closer,

belief. "What? But the girl merely su

one desperately

e's an entire team upstairs fussing

down upon Daniela. Perched on the edge of the hospital bed,

ort, she made her way upstairs to

rished for a decade feeding her stepsister, Joyce.

mouth, tears sparkling in her eyes. "Caiden, could this

, gently touched Katrina's shoulder to comfort her. "No, this w

Alexander show her less affection than me. She's malicious. We were the

lexander's embrace, tears streaming down

tched hand before leaning closer to

given up so much to keep Daniela content-I vowed to have no more children after marrying you. But it seems nothing will satisfy her. What else does she des

uish, that an onlooker might have believed she was

Daniela overheard every v

most-her father and her husband-lavished their attentio

y fragile, shatte

this far. Now, with her pain weighing her down, she turned back,

ng, she seemed to have l

up with, had given his heart to

sh betraya

reached her hospital room,

es carved with a sharp, cutting disdain, as

nd distant, pier

, aching despair. "I swear, I didn't push Joyce. She told me her wedding gift for me was in t

's no sense in pretending any longer. You've always resented Joyce for being everyone's favorite, but t