Losing Grip

Valerie’s POV

The words wouldn’t leave me alone.

“I mean… this wouldn’t be your first time leaking something to the public.”

“What happened to you, Valerie?”

“Stay the hell away from my life… and that includes Maddox too.”

They replayed in my head like a song I couldn’t turn off, every night when I closed my eyes, every morning before my feet even touched the floor. The kind of reminder that didn’