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

Chapter 531:

Joyce shot Katrina a quick look and continued, “Doug didn’t ask for a divorce. He just wants you to keep him company. Mom, that’s one hundred million! And isn’t dealing with men something you’re well-versed in?”

Katrina felt completely exhausted. If she had the energy, she would have slapped Joyce across the face. This was her precious daughter. The one she had loved with all her heart.

“How could you say something like that?” Katrina felt her heart crack. She was filled with a deep sense of disappointment.

Lately, she’d been wondering: If Daniela killed her, would Joyce step in to avenge her, as Daniela had done for her own mother?

The thought made her heart ache with sadness. Joyce was still so young and had to carry such a heavy burden of bitterness.

But now, it turned out she had been fooling herself all along.

Joyce was nothing like Daniela.

Years ago, Brylee had been too busy, hardly ever spending time with the five-year-old Daniela. But that young Daniela clung to her mother’s memory with relentless devotion.

Meanwhile, Katrina’s own daughter—the one she had raised for over two decades—was now telling her to sleep with a stranger to settle her debt. It felt as though her whole world was crumbling around her.

“Joyce, you’re aware I’m married, right? You’ve called Caiden ‘Dad’ for more than twenty years. How could you ask me to go along with this?”

Unfazed by her mother’s pain, Joyce responded casually, “But didn’t you do the same thing before? You cheated on my real dad with Caiden. I was young, sure, but I wasn’t blind. The garden, the bathroom, the rooftop, the kitchen. Didn’t you and Caiden sneak around in all those spots? How is this any different? Caiden wasn’t even close to being as rich as Doug, was he?”

Katrina felt a painful tightness grip her chest.

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“Joyce, think about it. I asked you once how you’d feel about Caiden becoming your new father, and you agreed.”

Joyce nodded.

“And now, I agree with Doug becoming the new father.”

Katrina felt completely crushed. She had always seen Doug as a last resort, someone she could turn to only when all other options were exhausted.

Years ago, there had been some love between her and Caiden. But now, she faced the possibility of staying in her marriage while getting involved with another man purely for financial gain.

A decade ago, perhaps she could have. But after so many years of comfort, she wasn’t willing to sacrifice her dignity like that anymore.

She had worked so hard to leave her past behind, and now it felt like she was slipping right back into it. Leaning back against the headboard, Katrina sighed.

“Joyce, you just don’t get it.”

Joyce narrowed her eyes.

“So, you’re refusing to help me? You were willing to sneak around with Caiden for your own sake, but now you won’t make a single sacrifice for me?”

Joyce threw the orange she had been holding onto the floor in frustration.

“Katrina, you brought me into this world.

You’re responsible for me! You have to figure out a way to clear my hundred-million debt!”

With that, Joyce stormed out of the hospital room without a second glance.

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