CHAPTER 43: HIGH CLASS MEN

VALERIA

"So tell me what you were doing there. What did you have to do with him?" I asked.

I was anxious because if Brutus ever found out that I escaped from his mansion and I was with Nickolas, I was certain that things weren't going to end nicely.

"We are rivals, but that would be a story for another day, okay?" He gulped down another glass and poured himself another. "I just want to know how you got there."

"Alright. But why are you suddenly acting so nice to me?" I asked.

"I came here to look for you... when I saw you by the window that day, I had a feeling that you were the one there, so I had to come back." He paused. "I did a DNA test and confirmed that Emilia isn't the mother of Giselle. I can't believe she lied to me all these years."

"It makes me hate myself for all I've done wrong to you. I'm sorry that it took this long."

I remained still and watched Nickolas empty the first bottle, the second bottle, and the th