Chapter 174

Valerie pov

I couldn’t take my eyes off him. I couldn’t look at anyone else. As I stared, it felt like everything was crashing down on me all at once.

An ache rose from deep within, spreading through my chest, and before I could stop myself, my eyes grew watery. A moment later, tears slipped down my cheeks, and the urge to run to him, to throw my arms around him, burned deep inside me.

After so ma