Jules’s POV
Later at night when I was finally home, I couldn’t sleep. Different thoughts lingered in my mind and it was all about Raton.
Things Joe had said about him, how dangerous he could be, and the people that stood beside him.
I wanted to pull back and withdraw from whatever I was going to do. But then, thinking about Valerie, I couldn’t withdraw. She might just think I had turned my back on her again.
But why did Valerie never say anything about Raton’s grandfather and his connection in Hollywood?
I remembered the look in his eyes when I extended my hand at the party. Cold. Calculated. Like he knew something I didn’t.
Now it made sense.
If he had secrets, he’d protect them at all costs.
I paced the room, running every memory through my head. Every time Valerie smiled whe
