Echoes of Yesterday

Valerie remained silent, pretending not to hear the sarcasm in Declan's tone.

"I'm sorry."

In the face of Valerie's silence, Declan apologized softly.

Declan didn't want to fight with Valerie, but Valerie had been keeping her distance from him, which irritated Declan to some extent.

Smiling, Valerie didn't pay much attention to Declan's sarcastic tone.

There was a lot of noise at the party. Lola c