Shattered Composure

"Maybe..." Valerie lowered her head slightly. "I've been mentally prepared for a long time."

Declan was enraged by her calm words.

He pinched her chin with his fingers and forced her to look at him.

"Did you also start planning this over six months ago?" he asked, his voice chillingly cold.

He didn't forget that on the day she received an admission call from Stonybrook Institute of Technology, he