Not a surprise. Typical men's reaction to something hot and sexy. Not even a confirmed LI, btw. Being inserted into the story, Valeria is like a piece of meat thrown to a hungry dog. She's almost everywhere MC goes. You just can't stop interacting with her, even if you aren't gonna hit on her. She makes you speculate and feel many things when on her path (Although I'm more than sure Nyx's doing her best to make Val look like a girl playing the field, and MC's the only one she's interested in. I mean, there's no someone else she's dating or seeing. That was Nyx's intention to spice things up a little bit and induce jealousy. Like "Take that. Here's the girl who can also have options". A female version of MC.). Only few can be indifferent to her. She's like a mystery to solve and a reason you want to see what happens next, to find out where would this flirting game lead to and what drama might this all cause. Not a big fan of her, but she's getting me intrigued, for sure.
As I keep saying, for me personally, the story is about Erynn, Layla and Alexis. The others are additional content. We have surpassed 12 episodes, tons of content, and still nothing has changed for me.