Exposing the Charade

Hazel chuckled softly, unwilling to engage further with Valerie.

If she kept her distance from the Ashford family from now on, perhaps she could preserve some of the good memories from before.

If this dragged on any longer, not only would the gratitude from the past twenty years be gone, but Valerie's image in her heart would also be completely destroyed.

Seeing that Hazel wasn't paying attention