Chapter 55

Valerie Will POV

“What did you just say?” I asked, hoping she would retract her statement. I didn’t want it to be true. It would be so embarrassing.

Jessica exhaled. “It wasn’t intentional. I’m sorry.” She offered a lame-ass apology, without any hint of remorse in her voice. “I just thought I should tell you.”

“You mean to tell me that after betraying me? After ruining my marriage, you still had a child with him?” I asked, my voice trembling.

“No, it happened the first time. It was a mistake.”

Jessica and I never talked about her betrayal.

After I ended up in the hospital the time I went to confront her, I didn’t care to speak to her again. There was nothing to talk about.

I cut her off completely from my life.

“Forgetting someone’s birthday is a mistake. Having sex with your sister’s husband isn’t a mistake.” My hands curled into a fist.

I couldn’t believe my ears.

No, it couldn’t be true

“I’m sorry, I didn’t