Safe Haven

Valerie’s POV

My cheeks burned hot like they had suddenly caught fire.

The girls were looking between me and Darius so earnestly, so brightly, like all of their hopes and dreams were hanging in their eyes, the truth of their hearts revealed.

I hated to disappoint them, and I also didn’t really want to tell them the truth of why I was here. To my knowledge, they didn’t have a relationship with thei