Kneeling for a Second Chance Novel

---- Chapter 386 "So it really was her." Even though Valeria had already known who the culprit was, it was still somewhat shocking to hear such a confirmation . What kind of daughter would do such a thing as to drag her father down in order to achieve her own desires? Was Gabriella doing such a heinous thing all so Wendy would continue antagonizing Valeria? Or did Gabriella already find out about Valeria's original identity as Jane Carlson? Valeria had received a lot of baseless hate ever since she started high school, including that of Gabriella's.

But Valeria had never felt like she'd done anything wrong to Gabriella to deserve it. "Don't worry about them. We'll go home tomorrow." Sebastian's lip drew into a tight line. "They're just a pair of loons, that's all."" Sebastian then asked in a low tone, "By the way, what was it you and Lucas spoke about earlier?" Sebastian had seen Valeria leave the room earlier after bumping into Lucas. "TI don't think he recognized me," Valeria said, finding the situation strange.

''He did help me though." ---- Valeria hadn't been wearing a bracelet at all, and Lucas had not placed any such "bracelet" in Sebastian's study on the third floor. Sebastian stared fixedly at her. "Keep your distance from him. His instincts told him there was something dangerous about Lucas. Valeria looked up, meeting Sebastian's eyes. "Are you jealous? " Sebastian ignored the question. He easily lifted Valeria right into his arms and over his shoulder. Valeria gasped, smacking his back in retaliation. Sebastian then laid her down on the bed.

She propped herself up on the cushion-like mattress, saying, "I didn't speak much to Lucas-mmph!" Sebastian had clasped her chin, parting her lips before kissing her fiercely. The smell of body soap on his skin overwhelmed Valeria. She weakly propped an arm against the head of the bed, mumbling through the kisses. "Tstill think Lucas is a strange man... We never really spoke much in high school ... But he'd always... come in my way. She had been quite overweight back then. Meanwhile , Lucas ---- had been a delinquent who paid no attention to his academics and became sort of a bully in school.

But because of his powerful family background, he'd be let off easily for his actions by merely giving apologies in front of the students . Lucas and his gang of delinquent friends would always catcall and tease Valeria after school. They'd show up when she was having lunch at the chicken noodle shop outside her high school, and Valeria would always keep her eyes fixed on the table. Valeria would hear the boys chortling from the table beside her, saying, "Isn't that chick from Class Delta? Whenever she runs, those massive tits of hers will always...

hahaha!" Hearing these vulgar things about herself had made Valeria have very low self-esteem throughout high school, in addition to her being overweight . She always wore her loose school uniforms even when it wasn't the right season for them. It wasn't that easy to lose weight caused by hormone drugs. Valeria had been at her wit's end too, being unable to lose any weight even when she fasted for two days. But Valeria never regretted being Philip's donor. Valeria would've gladly gained more weight if it meant Philip could live for longer.

The only time Valeria had directly confronted Lucas and his gang was at the end of her third year, during summer. ---- Someone had stolen the class funds she'd kept under her desk, and only Lucas had the videotape of the culprit in the act. Valeria had gone to meet Lucas at a hotel outside the school compound. She'd been terrified and really hadn't wanted to go to such a place. Valeria gnawed on her lip as those memories resurfaced in her mind. She quickly came back to the present as she gazed at Sebastian.

She curled up against his chest and said, "Lucas recorded a video clip of me that day." Valeria didn't see the way Sebastian's pupils dilated in shock above her when she said that. He held her hand and asked hoarsely, "What kind of video?" "It's not what you're thinking. It was just..." It was truly a degrading video for that version of Valeria back then. "Lucas made me do the cheerleaders ' dance for the basketball team. "Twas really overweight at the time and was so clumsy with my movements. I was wearing our summer uniform too, as it was around summertime when that happened.

The uniform was really, really sheer..." Valeria closed her eyes tightly, biting down hard on her lip as her voice grew strained. Her high school days hadn't been pleasant at all. She'd lived at Jennifer's house during those days, only focusing on getting ---- good grades in order to move out on her own. She'd even had to borrow her sanitary towels from Ivy at the time. Valeria hadn't had much undergarments either , and only a handful of bras sustained her for her first three years in high school.

They'd long since lost support strength by the time Valeria was in her third year, having been washed countless times already.