Chapter 131

Valeria's POV

He scratched his head awkwardly and gave me a crooked smile, but then Alec continued. “And this is his wife, Lynn. I hope you get along well because you'll be seeing each other more often now."

Alec grinned broadly at me and then looked back at Lynn. She seemed anything but happy to see me. When Alec also noticed her look, his grin disappeared and he now looked at her angrily. For a moment it looked as if they were communicating without words. But I dismissed that thought as quickly as it came. A few seconds later, Lynn looked away from Alec and took a step toward me too.

She held out her hand to me and started to speak. "Hey, I'm Lynn, as you've already noticed." She tried to smile slightly, which I didn't hold against her.

"Valeria," I answered briefly took her hand, and shook her embarrassedly.

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Alec's POV

After we were in the car, I showed her our area and tried to tell her a bit. Even