Chapter 391

Valeria’s POV

The girl ran toward me and threw her small arms around my waist, clinging as if letting go would shatter something fragile inside her.

For a moment, I froze.

Her body was warm. Trembling. Real.

Slowly, almost cautiously, I wrapped my arms around her in return. I didn’t know why my chest hurt so badly or why my throat tightened as if I were holding back tears that didn’t belong to me.