Chapter 1301

4 a.m.

Whitney Valentine stepped off the private jet onto the tarmac at Banyan City

International. The night sky was inky black, and the vast airport was eerily still- everyone else was long gone.

Suddenly, a small, frantic figure rushed up to the arrivals gate, her voice thick with tears. "Whitney!"

Whitney squinted through the gloom. It was Tiana Melford, drowning in an oversized sweater, her eyes rimmed red.

Whitney's heart jumped. She hurried over, putting a steadying hand on Tiana's arm and scolding her gently, "What the hell are you doing here?"

Her gaze slipped down-Tiana's belly was unmistakably round, five months pregnant at least.

She did the math-they hadn't seen each other in almost two months...

out. Whitney knew Tiana's family drama was no joke, but she

straight, Whitney fussed, "Did you come alone? Parker Doonan would lose his

pulled out by Ashton Fuller. They rushed off to save Valerie Bartels.

a driver,

She waved the

out to

helped Tiana into the backseat and slid in beside her. The silence between them was heavy, Tiana's eyes growing glassier by the second. Whitney

spill. "The big one behind the Fuller family's old estate-Ninth Peak. Valerie... she's just lost her

up, her

realizing her own hands were ice-cold. Her voice trembled. "Let's get there first. If Valerie dies...

Ashton too. "It's all his fault-letting things rot like

Whitney's expression went glacial.

Tiana-only to hear sobs, nothing else.

you tell me sooner? Valerie had a baby and I

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