Chapter 11: Long time No See (Pt. 3)

The figure turned their body around and showed a visible annoyed look on their face, her amber eyes trailed my body from head to toe with a scowl plastered on her face, It took me aback when I realised who bumped into me, It was Elise Crawford, Daughter of one of the Michelin star Chef and my High school batchmate, “Wait, is that you…hold on, what was your first name again? Was it Valkyrie, wait, was it Valerie?’’ I rolled my eyes when I heard her familiar snobby tone, ‘’It’s Valencia, VA.LEN.CIA, Elise.” I sighed in distress, “I feel like I just aged 30 years, after seeing her.’’ I grumbled underneath my breath, however, Elise noticed the grimace I had on my face and spoke, “Right, I think I remember who you are, You’re the second eldest child of Mr. Charles Rhys, Valerie Rhys”I clenched my jaw before I uttered back at her statement, ‘’For the last time, It’s Valencia, Valencia Rhys.” I seethed, “Right, right, whatever, What do you want? And can you make it fast, I have somewhere el

Last Updated : 2023-08-27

Chapter 12

Dion crouched low behind the cold concrete pillar, the rough, dust-caked surface biting into the shoulder of his blazer as he tried to make himself as invisible as humanly possible. In his palm sat the soft, knitted flower keychain—slight and fragile, stitched in dusky lavender threads. It looked painfully out of place here, in the stale underbelly of the city’s parking complex, surrounded by oil stains, faded parking lines, and the metallic tang of old exhaust. He clutched it tighter, not out of sentimentality, but out of sheer instinct—as though the object, delicate as it was, might somehow ground him while chaos erupted just a few yards away. Valencia’s voice rang out sharp and clipped, every syllable laced with the particular kind of contempt that could only come from old wounds and unresolved scorekeeping. Elise’s tone, cool and exacting, bit back with surgical precision. They didn’t yell over each other so much as take turns slicing. It was less a fight, more a duet in venom. D

Last Updated : 2024-06-06

Chapter 13

Elise was mid-sentence—firm, measured, entirely unwilling to be interrupted—when the shrill ring sliced through the silence of the parking garage like a dagger in a ballroom. “Being civilized—” she said, one hand raised as if to underline her point. But the rest was lost in the sudden, piercing blare of a ringtone that had all the charm of a fire alarm and none of the purpose. Her mouth snapped shut. Valencia’s expression didn’t shift, but her eyes cut to the side, scanning the concrete emptiness like the sound offended her personally. Elise exhaled, slow and sharp, as if holding back something between a sigh and a growl. “Really?” she muttered, turning her head toward the echoing walls. “Is this the part where we both pretend this isn’t happening?” Valencia didn’t dignify the remark with a reply. She simply turned and walked, her long, deliberate strides heading toward the far left of the garage. She didn’t say a word, didn’t offer a plan. Just… moved. Elise watched her for a bea

Last Updated : 2024-07-06

Chapter 14: Tiring Day

Valencia’s heels echoed with a steadier rhythm now, each step a deliberate note against the hollow silence of the underground lot. The confrontation had ended, but something still clung to the air—like the aftertaste of wine left too long in the glass. She turned the final corner of the corridor, and there it was: her car, sleek and understated, a charcoal silhouette crouched beneath the dying fluorescence.She opened the door with a subdued click, the cool leather scent greeting her like memory. Sliding in, she let the silence settle again, closing the door with a firm push. For a moment, she didn’t move—just sat there with the burner phone resting in her palm like a weight disproportionate to its size.With a soft exhale, she placed it on the passenger seat beside her. It looked too clean. Too new. It didn’t belong here, in her space. Still, she didn’t feel right throwing it away. There was a responsibility in finding something lost, even if it wasn’t hers to lose.She started the e

Last Updated : 2025-07-30

All Chapters of The Second Time's a Charmer: Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

Chapter 11: Long time No See (Pt. 3)

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14: Tiring Day