Chapter 0217

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Marcus, after speaking with Olsen, returned to his office and was a bit surprised not to see Valerie’s bag. He called her, but she didn’t answer, so he tried Frederick instead.

“Frederick, have you seen Valerie? I don’t see her bag in the office,” he said, feeling a tightness in his chest.

When he asked Frederick, Marcus hoped he’d say Valerie hall stepped out briefly, but deep down, he knew something was bothering her. She wasn’t naive–she knew olsen wasn’t just anyone and likely sensed trouble brewing-

“Oh! Valerie asked for permission to leave. She wasn’t feeling well. Now that I think about it, she did look pale, so I didn’t hesitate to let her go.”

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Marcus didn’t wait for more and rushed out. It was clear what was happening–he didn’t need to be a mind reader to understand that Valerie had misunderstood everything he had tried to avoid. He grabbed his car keys and hurried out, unsure of his destination. As he made his way to his car, he kept calling her repeatedly, but of course, she didn’t pick up.

and it caught her completely off

naive,” she muttered to herself. “Fate keeps telling you this isn’t the way. Focus on Serenity and forget about all this love nonsense. It’s just not in the

priority. If Valerie wasn’t in the right mood, she wouldn’t go back home. He had a good idea where she might be. When he arrived at her favorite spot, there she was, sitting on that lonely bench,

Marcus said nervously.

She didn’t want to show her tear–streaked face. The lump in her throat was finally breaking free, and she cursed herself for ever showing Marcus this

want to

need

she turned, and Marcus saw her beautiful face streaked with tears. Her eyes and nose

you to listen to me,”

you no! Can’t you respect that? I’m just someone

“Valerie… please…”

my own decisions. So, Marcus, I don’t want to keep seeing you. I don’t want to relive what I’ve

breath, trying to process her words. “You can’t just end things between us because someone from my past showed up. We need to talk about this! And no, you’re

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