Chapter 398

Valeria’s POV

I picked up my phone with shaking hands and called Martha, pacing the length of the enormous bedroom like a trapped animal.

She answered on the second ring.

“Valeria? Are you okay? You sound like you’ve been crying.”

“What?” she blurted when I told her where I was. “How could he do this to you?”

My throat tightened again, tears spilling freely now that someone who actually cared was