Loving You In Secret

“Even if you were frustrated, you should’ve never done that to Tyler… He’s still our son, after all. What kind of mother are you to electrocute your very son?”

“He was under the spell cast by that vixen, Vicky! I wanted to help him! If I truly wanted him dead, I could’ve just had to do so. Why would I bother doing all those things that would only make me look like the bad guy here?”

Orion shot her a conflicted look and sighed heavily. “Valencia, just because you never said anything, doesn’t mean Father doesn’t know. He simply chose to turn a blind eye to what you did because you didn’t end up killing Tyler.”

Valencia looked away. “I… I didn’t do anything that bad to Tyler…”

“You locked him up in a cage with no food for days, shone bright lights on him to keep him from sleeping, and tortured him with all sorts of devices that wouldn’t leave marks… Do you take Tyler for a fool who doesn’t know resentment? He just doesn’t talk about it.”

“H—How do you know about all that?” Valencia blurted out before covering her mouth.

in her actions. When he returned home

“Valencia, nothing can remain hidden forever. Father knew about all the things you did to

head. “… I only meant to teach Tyler a lesson and didn’t want to hurt him, but he hasn’t shown us any respect from the start, and I was already frustrated about that. After what he did to Lincoln…I only wanted him to apologize, but…” Tears welled in her eyes. “He didn’t think he did something wrong. Forget apologizing. He didn’t even beg for mercy. I know how hot-tempered

years, Orion knew Valencia like the back of his hand

“That child has a stubborn bone. Throughout it all, he never thought

brow furrowed once again. “So, in Tyler’s heart at that time, that woman he was with was more

is truly the case, then that woman…was

…

by a splash of cold water on

they had let her go in the end. However, her captors had taken her phone, and since

The surroundings were dark and cold with only a