CHAPTER 417

Serena lifted her eyes from the screen just as the waiter approached, silver tray in hand.

“Your drink, Mrs. Thornton,” he said with a slight bow, offering the crystal glass.

She glanced down at the tray, then up at the server. Her smile was warm but unreadable as she accepted the drink with careful fingers.

“Oh, perfect,” she murmured. “I was just starting to feel thirsty.”

Valerie had drifted cl