Whispers of Chaos
The Bancroft family still had a marriage contract with the Ellsworth family. Valerie knew Desmond's arrival was probably because Wallace or Harrison told him to. There was no way he'd come over out of his own free will.
And as it turned out, she was spot on.
After Desmond left the Ellsworth residence and got back to the Bancroft Villa, Miriam had already caught wind of something, though she wasn't