VALERIE I stared at him a little too long after that. Not in a weird way, just… caught. Like my brain didn’t expect honesty to sound like that in a midst of sadist elish rich follks. “That’s… actually insane,” I said slowly, not because I disagreed, but because I didn’t know what else to say. “Most people don’t say that part out loud.”He glanced at me, slightly amused. “That’s because most people are busy defending themselves,” he replied. “I already lost that argument in my head years ago.”I found myself smiling without meaning to. “You make everything sound so simple,” I said quietly, almost like I was thinking out loud instead of speaking to him.He gave a soft laugh at that, shaking his head slightly as we turned again. “I’m yapping,” he said, like he was catching himself. I immediately shook my head. “No no you’re not,” I said quickly, almost too quickly, then softened my tone when I realized it. “You make so much sense. Like… annoyingly so.”That made him actually laugh prope
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