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CHAPTER 203
~Xade's POV~
Right from when I left her room until this evening, my mind has not been settled with Valerie.
I kept replaying all the ways she would growl and complain to me or about what I did and preparing myself for the worst.
Valerie sat beside me in the passenger seat of my car, and for the first time in a long while, I couldn't hear the engine over the rhythm of my own heartbeat.
She looked... devastatingly beautiful.
The thigh-high fitted white skirt hugged her just enough to command attention but not scream for it.
Her black jacket framed her shoulders in that perfect off-duty warrior look, and those boots—damn. They weren't just footwear. They were a message: don't mess with me unless you want to be wrecked.
Her hair spilled over her shoulders in loose waves, catching the dim light from the street lamps like strands of ink soaked in moonlight.
I cleared my throat and offered a half-smile. "You look incredible, Val. All of you do."
