Chapter 177

Valerie Will POV

“Fredrick?” His name tasted bitter on my lips.

I didn’t like that man. Not for a second.

Patrick let out a hollow sigh. “Yes.”

I folded my arms around my chest and leaned against the wall. “Why did you go to him? You know how he can be.” I continued, a wistful sigh escaping my lips.

Patrick pinched the bridge of his nose. “I didn’t have any other choice.”

I rolled my eyes. “You still didn’t have to go to that man.”

Fredrick always carried himself with a smug air, as if the world owed him something. He always acted like he was better than everyone else.

I still remember how he looked at me the first time Patrick introduced me to him as his fiancée. He even told Patrick that he was making a mistake by being with someone like me.

By someone like me, he meant an exposed actress.

That wasn’t even the worst part. He always treated Patrick like a child and tried to make all his decisions for h