Chapter 54

Whitney’s face flushed as she pushed her away, but Tiana was already on to the next topic. Tve set everything up at the Imperial Garden Bar. Loads of our old classmates and friends have been ringing up asking about you Sure, there are some fair–weather friends in the mix, but there are a few genuine ones too. Whitney, you’ve got to start building your network.”

Whitney knew what she meant. If she was going to make a comeback in Banyan City, she needed a circle that would welcome her back in.

Before Whitney could hesitate, Tiana grabbed the steering wheel and they were on their way to the pub.

Back at the villa, it wasn’t even seven o’clock.

Taryn watched in surprise as the man came home, suited and booted with his assistant in tow.

“My boy?” Natalie rushed over, her lips pursed in astonishment. “You’ve been too busy to come home these past few days, and now you’re back so early?”

Ludwik’s gaze swept the living room, searching.

Felix asked with a smile, “Madam, where’s Whitney? She said she’d be back early today to-”

The man shot him a look.

He sank arrogantly into the sofa and waited. He saw neither the woman who had promised to serve him nor any sign of good news.

“Where is she?”

“Whitney? She hasn’t come back yet,” the old lady said, puzzled.

Taryn chimed in, “She had sent a text. She said she’s out having fun.”

Felix’s smile twitched awkwardly on his face.

Ludwik’s icy glare swept over him.

Felix swiftly made his exit.

his coat, his

off to in such a fury?” Natalie called after him as

yet back. Whitney was about to go check on her when Tiana raced back with an odd look on her face. “Whitney! Guess what I just caught on camera?”

and cast a look on the phone’s screen. Outside an

her expression/a mix of

suite number was

“Preston had came here to drown his sorrows, staggering drunk right into the suite but

Whitney’s expression froze.

at the Imperial Garden Bar, something Whitney had known

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her fats and began to undress, she stepped inside and slammed the

her tongue, her expression complex. “You didn’t

With the Valentine family news out

me, I couldn’t, not with someone older than my dad, even if

let out a soft scoff. “Monica made a fool out of her at the Golden Hue Bar just the other day Roselyn’s path to wealth crumbled,

Whitney’s reaction closely. “Preston’s your dad. With

laugh. “What kind of father he is to see his own daughter

lines. “Even if there’s something off, they’re never going to

first. Once I’ve taken down the Valentines

don’t have to worry about undermining Roselyn now. She’s sharpened her own knife, and

laughed, imagining the priceless

in one of

about her leaking out, she was recognized instantly on the streets.

had struggled to find Simon but there he was, drunk and alone, looking

hurried over. Her voice was sweetened with

photo of Whitney on the screen of his phone–taken before her abduction, Whitney was smiling and gazing at

over instantly. She pinched Simon’s arm hard. “Simon! You still have

remembered her dazzling

name? Could it

it, regret gnawing at him. Why had he ever given up

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