Chapter 75

The rain hadn't stopped all night. By morning, it was still coming down. Valeria was helping Selena get dressed when Selena wrapped her arms around Valeria's neck and asked why they were in Sebastian's place. Valeria replied gently, "The rain was too heavy last night, so we stayed here for the night." "Then I'll have to say thank you to Mr. Grant." Selena's voice was so pure, and her eyes were so full of childlike wonder that Valeria couldn't help but think back to that reckless kiss the night before. Maybe it was her behavior that made her the odd one out. Her constant worrying and tendency to retreat had built a cage around her. By all logic, since Sebastian had kindly let her and Selena spend the night to wait out the rain, the polite thing to do would have been to thank him. But just moments ago, Valeria hadn't even had the courage to open the door to the guest room. "Yeah. You're right. We should go thank Mr. Grant," she said with a smile. "Mommy, what happened to your c