Chapter 38

Andrew was staying at the villa as per usual. That night, the two of them had a wild time together in the room next to mine. That's right. Three months had passed, and they once again did whatever they wanted in bed without worrying about the repercussions. I couldn't sleep the whole night; all I could hear was the joyful laughter coming from the adjacent room. My head was starting to hurt again. I believed if I stayed any longer, the clock of my life would tick even faster. I couldn't bear the thought of Valerie making love with another man, but there was nothing I could do. She had changed a lot—or perhaps she had been this way from the very beginning. I looked at the dark circles around my eyes in the mirror. All I felt right now was extreme exhaustion. I didn't know how many days I had to endure this, or what to do as the surgery approached. … "Didn't you have enough sleep last night, Jeffrey? You look quite tired." It was impossible for Andrew not to know which room I staye