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 hadn't even sent a

"Did you come alone?

They rushed off to

a

waved

got out to load Whitney's

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

hitched, and the tears started to spill. "The big one behind the Fuller family's

her throat close up, her heart dropping like a

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

Tiana whispered, crying quietly. But she hated Ashton too. "It's all his fault-letting things

Whitney's expression went glacial.

flight over, she'd called Tiana-only to

wrist and murmured, "Why didn't you tell me sooner? Valerie had a

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