I don’t think she needs space from Juls anymore, I think she forgave her as quickly as she did the guys. She was off banging at her door. It’s just that unlike those guys who keep inflicting themselves on her and never respecting what she wanted, Juls actually listens. The irony of Juls sending Chivis flowers when, if it’d been Lucho and Val had asked for space, he’d be sauntering up with another apology bouquet and badgering her till she forgave him.
She’s still the super lonely, grieving girl she was before, and in the absence of Juls, she’s now just switched her need for companionship from Lucho to Sergio. Or, well, the writers have, we can’t ignore the fact that this is now a bit of forced conflict to keep them apart for some extra drama. Even if Juls wants to give Val space (in her adorable, earnest way, lol), there’s no reason for Val not to call her.
Same with her just kind of…ignoring that Chivis supposedly kicked the Valdeses out? This might have been why the kind of random line in their earlier needing space convo, where she asked if Juls was going to leave. She may think it’s more to do with that, as well. I don’t know, it is a bit contrived but it is what it is. They did spend a good portion of their screentime today thinking about the other, I liked that.
