In that moment, Damien Valerius became her anchor. It was as if his actions were telling her, 'I'm here. No one gets to bully you.'
What moved Aurora Sterling the most was his unconditional trust in her. Even after Lisa and Henry Hayes's suggestive, misleading words, he remained completely unfazed, not even furrowing his brow.
Sure enough, the moment Henry Hayes heard Damien Valerius, he exploded. "What was that about paying double? You're going to pay double for him? So you weren't going to the restroom—you were off trying to seduce some other man, weren't you!"
With her own embarrassing secret now exposed, Lisa was utterly humiliated by Henry Hayes's accusation. "Didn't you claim Aurora Sterling seduced *you*? Now all of a sudden you were just 'pitying' her? You've been lying to me too, so who are you to judge me!"
