44|Talk to him.

Valerie pov

Oops.

I wasn’t supposed to say that, was I?

The entire room fell into a dead, uneasy silence. In the next second, all eyes turned to me— my father, who had been fuming just moments ago, snapped his head in my direction, his eyes widening in disbelief at what I had just said.

Cyrus and Bastian’s grips on me loosened, and I could feel their stunned gazes shift to me. Even Declan and Lyd