Chapter 523

"No need. I've troubled you enough with my family stuff," Valerie said. She hadn't expected things to turn out like this.

"I'm not afraid of you troubling me," Desmond said. "I'm just afraid you'll start overthinking if you're alone."

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes today, Desmond wouldn't have known Madeline treated Valerie like this—yelling at her whenever she was upset, like a loser who