A Step Behind

Declan paused and stared at the words on the screen in silence.

He was not surprised that Valerie would inform him of her moving out in this way. From the beginning when he forced her to move to the hotel, he knew that Valerie was pretending to be cooperative.

She would never confront him head-on. She pretended to be obedient on the surface while having her own plans in mind, as she did when apply