POPPY COULD ONLY WHEEZE in shock as she instantly discovered herself catching an unconscious Valerian in her arms.

Did he simply move out after kissing her?

“I am so, so sorry about this.” Heather hurried in direction of the opposite woman and threw certainly one of Valerian’s arms over her shoulder. “Are you able to assist me get him to his room?”

Shock and jealousy rippled by way of Poppy’s system. His room? Was this really the billionaire’s residence and never Heather’s?

The billionaire’s secretary clearly knew her means across the place, and Poppy was on the verge of tears by the point they made it to his bed room. She knew she should not be leaping to conclusions, however—-

“It isn’t what you suppose.” Heather additionally ended up wheezing every phrase out at this level, and she or he may solely breathe an enormous sigh of aid as Valerian’s again hit the mattress, and so they have been lastly freed of his weight.

She turned to the youthful girl, and a smile tugged helplessly at her lips when she noticed Poppy visibly preventing again tears.

“I am his half-sister, okay?”

Poppy may solely stare at Heather. Had she heard the opposite girl proper?

“It isn’t public information, although. My grandpa and Valerian had a battle when he selected to drop out of school. They have not spoken since.”

Half-sister, Poppy thought dazedly. Heather was his half-sister, and the opposite woman knew all about her forbidden emotions for the billionaire!

“It is alright,” Heather was fast to guarantee the opposite woman when she noticed panic over Poppy’s options. “I did not breathe a phrase to Valerian. Your secret’s protected with me, however…” Heather’s expression turned sober. “My brother’s all the time been a little bit of a light-weight with regards to consuming. I must know if what I noticed earlier was one thing he compelled on you?”

Poppy may really feel her cheeks heating up as she shook her head. She had been crushing on the billionaire for eight months. If something, she was the one who needed to battle in opposition to throwing herself at Valerian each time she got here to chop his hair.

Heather insisted on driving her dwelling afterward, and Poppy thanked her for the trip after they reached her place.

“It is the least I can do, in any case the difficulty my brother’s given you. Additionally…” Heather checked out her in apology. “I am actually sorry about earlier, Poppy. I don’t know why Valerian did he did—-“

“I believe they broke up,” she blurted out.

Heather’s eyes widened, and Poppy haltingly instructed the opposite girl what the billionaire had requested her to name him earlier than kissing her.

“I believe you are proper, however…” Heather struggled to search out the precise phrases to convey her fear with out inflicting ache. “He wasn’t in his proper thoughts when he kissed you. Simply preserve that in thoughts, will you? I do not need him to harm you once more.”

Chapter Ten

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