|| VALENTINA's POV ||

" Hey baby gal, what's up?", I smiled at my phone when I saw the caller ID. It was Emily, my good friend who hadn't been in touch with me for a while. Things going around in Lorenzo's home kept me busy and distracted. At some point, I really had a feeling that I had become his real girlfriend.

Emily snorted coldly,

" You remember me, thank God! I thought that you have completely forgotten about me after being the CEO's surrogate."

I laughed at her dramatic words, teased back after finding the swing to sit down,

" Why? I thought you always had those hot...