Chapter 234

"I didn't lie to you," Valeria answered as she pushed herself up with the help of the door. Placing her hand on the doorknob, Valeria twisted it, only to notice that the door wouldn't budge. Valeria couldn't believe Sebastian hadn't recognized her at all. The realization left her feeling relieved and devastated at the same time. Those conflicted feelings had haunted her for quite some time. "You were sitting there when I pushed open the consultation room." When Valeria had first seen him back then, she had wanted to turn around and leave. Valeria continued, "Sebastian, let's just pretend that we've never met." They could just pretend that their recent brief encounters between them had never happened and that they had ended things half a year ago. "Pretend we've never met…" Sebastian repeated the words under his breath before his emotions surged. With a hoarse voice, he asked, "You must've been smug to see me grovel before you like a dog all this time. You have played me lik