Shattered Pride

Gideon repeatedly turned his phone on and off, feeling that his behavior was extremely childish. He chuckled at himself, then decided to just black out the screen.

Just as he was about to put down the phone, a message came in.

It was an audio recording, sent anonymously.

It was Valerie's voice.

Gideon increased the volume and listened with a slight frown.

"I'm not interested in Gideon at all. Even