Chapter 0602

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Valerie stood abruptly, her frustration bubbling over. She was about to leave when Marcus grabbed her arm. firmly, stopping her in her tracks. She turned, her eyes flashing with anger.

“What do you want, Marcus?”

“I want you to calm down,” he said, his voice steady but intense. “We need to keep our composure. I know everything that’s happening stems from us, but we both need to be aware of that and do our best for them. Do you think it’s easy for me to see you? It’s not. You have no idea how much I want to hug you, kiss you, and pretend none of this ever happened. But we made a decision, and there’s no turning back. What we need to do now is keep things peaceful–for them.”

Valerie felt her legs weaken, turning to jelly under his piercing gaze. That look he gave her–it was the same one that used to fill her with butterflies when they were young Her mind screamed at her to reach out and embrace him, but something deep inside held her back. Dignity? Anger? Sadness? Confusion? She didn’t know. What she did know was that he was right.

“Fine. What do you want us to do?”

“First, we can’t keep arguing every time we see each other Second, how was your appointment with the gynecologist? How are the babies?”

as long as you stop playing the hem and making me out to be the villain with our kids. And

I wasn’t there for the

you… She trusts you more

to talk about this,” Marcus said, placing a hand on

wants to

three of us. She wants to

have a boyfriend I don’t know abou? Does she want to get married? Is that why she’s dropping out of university?”

you’re imagining. What I’m about to tell

him! What the hell does Maximus have to do with this? Did he convince her? That damned man must have been pushing

out of hell. Not even during their divorce discussions had she reacted like this. Bracing himself

much stress. She’s not going to Maximus because of him—he doesn’t even know

hell is Serenity

daughter

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