Chapter 1307

Tiana rolled her eyes so hard it was a miracle she didn't sprain something.

"Anyway, after Valerie came back, she and Ashton just couldn't stop fighting. At first, it was all about the kid's parentage. They finally got a DNA test done, and then-bam-Beckford slapped Ashton right across the face.

That was when Ashton finally started waking up.

Valerie, honestly, was just swallowing her pride and soldiering on. Once Ashton found out the kid was his, he kept butting in with the treatment.

And don't even get me started on Elaine, flouncing in and out of the hospital with that sugar-sweet act, always hanging around the kid, driving Valerie up the wall. I can't even count how many times she and Ashton have fought because of it."

"Ashton's kind of screwed, if you ask me," Parker cut in. "He told me he never once made a move toward Elaine. He's been terrified Valerie would get the wrong idea.

But Valerie's just on edge all the time, convinced he brought Elaine around on purpose. She's always throwing barbs at him about it.

And you know Ashton-he's blunt as a brick, can't stand being treated unfairly. Of course they kept fighting."

such an idiot. He actually thinks he's doing a lot, but he can't even manage to get rid

been half as decisive as he should've been, would Elaine have ever gotten the chance to

Valerie have gotten so desperate, to the point where she'd

Parker said quietly. "He's stubborn as hell, always convinced he owes Elaine his life. The way

Elaine. All these years, he gave his heart to the wrong person and treated the

the car up to the front entrance of the

black sky, a thick winter fog

There's his mom's death tangled up in

was a kid. There were no cameras by the lake at

she was the one who saved him, the more Ashton hated the

finally see the truth. Only then did he realize, with gut-wrenching clarity, just how badly he'd messed

Tiana huffed. She didn't have a shred of

attitude was

eyes, scanning the entrance to the Fuller Hospital-main lobby, emergency room. "Valerie's probably in the ER

call Nolan," Parker said, frowning as he

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