Chapter 189

“I can’t just sit here. How long am I supposed to keep swallowing this?”

The shrill ring of her phone cut through the air. She lunged for it, pulse leaping with desperate hope—Vance. It had to be Vance.

But her heart sank when she saw the name glowing on the screen. Amber.

Her lips curled in irritation, but she answered anyway. “Yeah?”

“Valerie, it’s Amber.” Her manager’s voice came strained, tir