CHAPTER 416

GAEL'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.

The party was in full swing, the sound of music filling the grand ballroom, with guests laughing, glasses clinking, and bodies swaying in sync with the rhythm. But Valerie couldn’t hear any of it. Her focus was on one thing—and one thing only.

Serena.

She watched her from the bar, where the faint clink of the wine glass against the counter barely registered in her mind.

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