Chapter 436

Having known Lucius for so long, Valerie was certain he wasn't the kind of man to make promises lightly. "So, the person who spent that night with Ruth in the cave… wasn't you?" she asked. Lucius looked ready to swear an oath on the spot. "If something like that had really happened, there's no way I'd have no memory of it at all. I did go to Millby once, and I might have run into a local who got splashed with mud by a passing car. "But I had to visit ten schools in a row. My schedule was incredibly tight. There was simply no time for me to do anything romantic with someone. I stayed there for three days and two nights, and I shared a room with Noah for both nights. "I still remember it clearly—there wasn't even a place to bathe. The moment Noah took off his shoes, the smell of his sweaty feet nearly knocked me out. For two nights straight, I fell asleep steeped in the stench of his reeking feet. "As for her story of me getting bitten by a spider? Sleeping in a cave? Holding a you