4 a.m.

Emma jolted awake and immediately started dialing the two media execs she'd spoken to earlier that night.

On the other end, orders were being handed down.

The old lady, wide awake and tense, sat in her bedroom, her gaze dark and brooding as she waited in silence.

She glanced at Sienna's number on her phone-considered calling, but didn't.

Sienna must be exhausted, she reasoned.

Still, if the girl had to eat a little dirt tonight, it'd be worth it. As long as Shane woke up tomorrow with her by his side, the Nelson family couldn't deny it any longer.

Sienna would officially be the Nelson family's daughter-in-law-done deal!

With the Nelsons backing her up, dealing with that stubborn Whitney would be so much easier.

The old lady still nursed a grudge over Florence's death.

No way was she going to just sit back and watch Hudson Sheldon hand the entire Sheldon fortune to Whitney!

better not let me

Meanwhile.

Shane's apartment building, Whitney parked her car under a tree, a safe

from the front entrance, were waiting quietly in

hazel eyes, glancing up at the twelfth floor, where the hallway lights flickered on

ghosted across her full

toward Felix and the

for a little game of cat, mouse, and

the twelfth

from the Sheldon family, a swarm of paparazzi emerged from the shadows, lugging cameras

one of them asked,

few

been paid well, so they didn't ask questions-just got to work on the

it down. They're probably busy in there, if you know what I

this," one reporter snickered. "Catching celebs

in, kick open the bedroom door! Move fast-upload photos as

as you

is just to help

hurry up with that

antsy,

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