Chapter 56

Patrick Banks POV

I had to put my phone on silent while having breakfast with Liam and Valerie because Jessica was blowing up my phone.

I already told her I was busy, but she kept on blowing up my phone. After the breakfast ended, I tried calling her to see what she wanted.

But she didn’t answer the call.

I wondered what she wanted.

Anyway, I left for my office.

After a series of meetings, I went over to my mom’s house. I hadn’t seen her in a while, so I wanted to catch up.

I let out a relieved sigh when I saw that she didn’t have another girl at the house to set me up on a date.

Ever since Valerie reappeared in my life, she stopped matchmaking me with different girls. She wanted me to work things out with Valerie.

I wanted it too.

But Valerie didn’t feel the same way.

The only reason she was still in contact with me was because of Liam. The child was a blessing. It was a good thing Celeste told me about him.

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