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...

Whitney knew Tiana's family drama

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

out by Ashton Fuller. They rushed off to save Valerie Bartels. He can't stop me now. Whitney, let's get in

brought a driver,

nodded. She waved the

got out to load Whitney's

her. The silence between them was heavy, Tiana's eyes growing glassier by

one behind the Fuller family's old estate-Ninth Peak.

close up, her heart dropping

then realizing her own hands were ice-cold. Her voice

that," Tiana whispered, crying quietly. But she hated Ashton too. "It's all

Whitney's expression went glacial.

she'd called Tiana-only to hear sobs, nothing else.

didn't you tell me sooner? Valerie had a baby and I

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