Chapter 79

Gwendolyn was brimming with curiosity, but the stormy expression on Howard’s face kept her lips sealed tight the entire ride.

It wasn’t until they arrived at the mansion that Gwendolyn found her voice.

As she and Howard stepped through the door, they saw a disheveled young man in the living room, his face and neck a canvas of lipstick marks.

“My fairy!” Valor’s eyes lit up at the sight of Gwendolyn, and he grabbed her arm, bubbling with excitement. “I must sing your praises! You’re a miracle worker!”

“Huh?” Gwendolyn was baffled.

“I told you I’d hail you as my savior if my problem got cured. Tonight, I was like a stallion!” His excitement had him blurting out every lurid detail.

“Let go of her.” Howard’s icy gaze settled on Valor’s grip, and Valor awkwardly released Gwendolyn, his hands fumbling.

“Mr. Peterson, what exactly happened tonight?” Gwendolyn had a sinking feeling.

At her question, Valor’s enthusiasm reignited.

With animated gestures, he boasted, “I’ve been on fire for days. Tonight, I took three supermodels to a hotel and boy, I did it! For the first time in years, I was a champ! They couldn’t stop praising me!”

They? A hotel?

was quite the playboy.

marveled at his audacity to spill such

were heating up, two bouncers burst in and dragged me here!

looked at Howard with

had Valor watched, the whole of Bayridge City would have known about his miraculous

cured his chronic ailment, would be exposed.

lips, Valor would brag to

about this?” Howard’s voice was deadly calm, and he played absently with a knife on the coffee table, bathed in the chandelier’s glow that sharpened his

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models, Valor

them off to keep quiet.”

newfound prowess, hiring them to spread the word of my

Finally, it was his turn to crow.

was deliberately

I refuse!”

The knife flew from Howard’s hand, embedding itself in the mahogany coffee

table.

on the verge of tears. “Are you that envious

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