Valerio didn’t think he’d stoop so slow again after that lesson he learned with Rebe’s mother two weeks ago—he was working on getting better, not just for him but for you too.

Except, that all fell through when he got put into a tight situation.

With Lucrecia threatening him to expose their spine chilling secret, he felt like he had no choice but to do it. He was already on bad terms with their father and funds were tight within the family. She depended on that scholarship to get into Columbia University to secure her future that was once easy to obtain.

His sister couldn’t do that with you in the way.

So, at her request, Valerio filmed the next intimate encounter he had with you—saying it was under the guise of ‘something to have’ to look back on when he was by himself.

He did everything in his power to convince Lucrecia to not post it online, there was too much at stake—especially for you. He wouldn’t forgive himself if he ruined any chance of you getting into college.

With exams coming around, there was still enough time to apply for other scholarships so of course, Lucrecia blackmailed you with the video. Threatening to post it online unless you revoke your application and apply elsewhere, which worked.

Valerio couldn’t get the way you looked at him out of his head. Truly, he felt awful. He wanted to make it better, to see that smile of yours again. The silent treatment became unbearable for him.

So, one evening he showed up to your house—wearing a suit, a bouquet of small teddy bears in hand and a speaker connected to his phone that lowly played a sappy Spanish song on loop while he kept ringing the door bell.

He would’ve gone with a grander gesture but he made do with the minimal amount of money he had.