A Mother's Ultimatum

Valerie’s POV

FLASHBACK—WEDDING NIGHT.

"I'm sorry."

Maddox’s voice was barely a whisper, his head bowed low, knees digging into the rug like he was trying to ground himself, like maybe if he got low enough, it would fix all this.

I swallowed hard. “Maddox, it’s fine… You don’t have to keep apologizing. It’s been solved. Arthur already took care of it…the paparazzi pulled the video. Everything’s go