Chapter 16 The Unraveling

~DONOVAN’S POV~

I wasn't done pushing her. Not even close.

As I navigated the dim, sprawling corridors of the estate, the image of Valerie’s blazing blue eyes burned into my retinas. Her defiant whisper still echoed in my ears. She was a maid. She scrubbed floors and laundered linens. Yet, she stood her ground against me with a fierce, unbreakable pride that I had never encountered in the board