A Hero's Welcome

Valerie’s POV

It would be so easy to fall into Darius again, to let everything go and stop worrying about things. To let him take charge and to fully trust that he had the best interests of me and our child in mind.

After the past few days, and the stress of them weighing down on me, combined with the lack of sleep, I was maybe more tempted than I’d ever been.

But…

It still wasn’t enough for me to