Chapter 448
Chapter 448:
He gave a serious nod and assured her he’d be on his best behavior from now on. He promised he wouldn’t cause Valeria any grief.
Valeria hadn’t been around when Helena had this heart-to-heart with Dorian.
At that moment, all three of them were riding together in the same car.
Just like Helena always looked out for Valeria, Valeria, thinking of Alden’s return, was genuinely pleased for her friend. “This is wonderful! You won’t have to drift around like a ghost anymore. You’ll finally go back to your sweet home with your p>
“Darling husband. Isn’t that what they say? Distance makes the heart grow fonder p>
Helena, once easily embarrassed by teasing like that, didn’t turn red this time. She let her eyes flick between Valeria and Dorian, who had his hands on the wheel up front. With a soft chuckle, she gave her own playful jab. “I don’t think you’re happy for me at all. You’re just glad that once Alden’s back, I’ll stop crashing at Dorian’s place and quit playing the third wheel in your love life p>
“Helena!” The roles had reversed, and this time, Helena had Valeria blushing and flustered from the teasing. Valeria yelled out Helena’s name and threw herself at her, half-laughing, half-pretending to smack her.
The two of them started play-fighting in the back seat, their laughter bouncing off the car windows. Dorian glanced at them through the rearview mirror, a grin tugging at his lips.
The atmosphere was light and full of cheer. But just as Helena twisted away from Valeria’s playful swats, something caught her eye in the corner of the seat—a lipstick tube.
She reached over and picked it up. Her face tightened, the laughter fading, as an uneasy thought crossed her mind. Dorian’s womanizing past flashed through her head like a warning.
Could it be that Dorian was still fooling around behind Valeria’s back, even after starting a relationship with her?
“Helena, what’s up? Why do you look so serious all of a sudden?” Valeria’s smile vanished as she noticed the shift in Helena’s expression. She stopped messing around and helped Helena sit up, her voice full of worry. “Did I hurt you just now p>
“No, I…” Helena paused, unsure of what to say or how to put it into words.
Valeria’s eyes followed Helena’s and landed on the lipstick tube now resting in her hand.
Ⲟⲛ𝓵𝔂 𝓿𝓲𝓪 𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓮: g⍶𝓁𝓃𝗈ν𝓮𝗅𝓈⦚ⅽ𝗈𝗺
“Oh! That’s my new lipstick!” Valeria cried out with a happy gasp, gently taking it from Helena. “I thought I’d lost it, but I must’ve left it in the car by accident p>
“This… belongs to you?” Helena asked, surprised.
“Who else could it belong to if not me?” Valeria replied with a grin. Only then did she catch on to what had made Helena’s face fall. She burst out laughing. “Wait—did you really think that lipstick was some other woman’s p>
She quickly tried to calm Helena down. “Come on, don’t worry. I’m with Dorian because I know how to handle him. He wouldn’t dare step out of line p>
From the driver’s seat, Dorian called out with mock hurt, “Hey! The reason I stay loyal isn’t that you keep me on a leash. It’s because you’re the only one who matters to me p>