Chapter 374

Valeria thought to make use of her free time as well as learn how to play chess. She figured Sebastian hadn't come back yet, so she took up a chess piece. Valeria had thought that Alexander was purposely avoiding the topic earlier. After all, Valeria had been grumbling about Wendy, Alexander's wife. Who would have known he'd end up responding to Valeria? It seemed like he'd returned to normal. "Wendy has always been like that. She was a wildcat when she was young—beautiful but fiery. She had many admirers in uni." "Were you one of them?" Valeria asked. "We dated during university, but my parents frowned upon our relationship. My father was especially against it. You might think Nicholas is a very pleasant man now, but he was like a warlord in the business world when he was younger. "Nicholas hoped I'd have a marriage of convenience with a woman from an influential family. He paid Wendy's parents one million dollars in order to separate us. I…" Alexander sighed and continued say