~Valeria~
The guilt was eating me alive.
I wasn’t the one who called Landon. I wasn’t the one who embarrassed him. But I was the reason it happened.
Maybe that’s why Alerion’s words wouldn’t stop echoing in my head.
I exhaled sharply and pulled out my phone.
I hesitated for a second, my thumb hovering over the call button. Then, before I could talk myself out of it, I pressed it.
He answered almost immediately.
“Val?” His voice was deep, groggy, like he had just woken up. And damn, it was the kind of voice that could make any girl weak in the knees.
I swallowed. “Hey… are you busy?”
There was a pause. Then a lazy chuckle. “Well, I am now.”
Despite everything, a small smile tugged at my lips.
“I..uh, I’m sorry for disturbing you.”
“I can never see you as a burden, Val.” His voic
