Chapter 12

Valerie

"I’m sorry, Val," Dad said and my face shot up. Why was he saying sorry? He hadn't done anything.

"I‘m sorry, I know you have lost your faith in love because of me. I am sorry for that—" Before he could apologize more I cut him off.

"It isn't all because of you, Dad," I said fast and saw my father looking at me, his face a mask of confusion. Okay, maybe dad was right maybe I had lost my faith in love because of him but he was not to be blamed for it wholly.

"I swear it was partly because of you," I said and saw his face not losing the look of guilt.

"You are not be blamed for all of it, someone else put the nail in the coffin," I added. I could see once again his brows raising in confusion.

"When I was in college, I fell for someone hard. My whole world revolved around that one person and I loved him with my everything and gave up all of me to him only for him to have it crush it. He just left me like that saying that we were no more together and that too on a note. I ne