CHAPTER 361

Valerie stood frozen, her eyes fixed on the spot where the car had disappeared down the road. She replayed the scene over and over in her mind, unable to reconcile the Declan she knew with the man who had just wrapped his arms around Serena so tenderly.

Declan had always been distant, a man of cold reserve who kept everyone at arm’s length.

His aloof demeanor made him seem untouchable and impenetr