Skipped At The Altar, Taken By His Uncle novel Chapter 63

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Tina panicked immediately and waved her hands frantically. “Mr. Harris. I was talking about White crashing the party without an invitation. I wasn’t talking about your date”

Tina assumed Klein’s date was Joanne.

But then she watched as Klein pulled Whitney close and wrapped his arm around her shoulders in an intimate gesture. Tina’s jaw practically hit the floor.

Her mind went blank, and her hands and feet turned ice cold.

So, Klein and Whitney were really sleeping together.

She’d suspected it at Grandma’s funeral, but now the evidence was right in front of her face.

Klein stared at Tina coldly. “What, my date needs an invitation now?”

Oliver burst out laughing. “Man, Klein, looks like your name doesn’t carry as much weight as it used to. How’d you let your girl get disrespected like this?”

Oliver crooked his finger at Joanne, and she walked over reluctantly. He slid his arm around Joanne’s slim waist. “See? I’d never let my girlfriend get treated like that.”

Unlike her arrogant attitude from moments ago, Tina now looked like she was about to cry.

Whitney watched her stepsister, and a mocking thought crossed her mind. ‘Pathetic,’ she thought.

The voice beside her ear dropped low, deep, and magnetic with a soft breath at the end. “Sorry you had to deal with that. Now, escort this woman without an invitation out of here.”

Tina’s heart seized up when she heard those words. She thought, ‘No, I couldn’t get kicked out. If they threw me out, how was she supposed to execute my plan?‘

Tina had the nerve to look at Whitney and say, “Whitney, I have an invitation. Can you put in a good word for me with Mr. Harris? I really do have one.”

Whitney just stared at her, completely confused .’Sometimes I really want to crack open her skull and see if there’s just cotton stuffing inside,‘ she thought.

Just seconds ago, Tina had been trying to kick her out, and now she dared to ask for her help.

Whitney wasn’t some saint, so why would she lift a finger for her? She tugged gently on Klein’s sleeve and said, “Klein, I don’t know her.”

Tina panicked immediately. “Whitney, why are you lying?”

Klein was about to call over two servers to throw Tina out when Hannah finally showed up. She had no idea what was going on.

Still, she’d promised her mother she’d look out for Tina a bit, so she said carefully, “Klein, Oliver, what’s happening here?”

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When Hannah called Klein’s name, Whitney’s eyebrow lifted slightly, almost imperceptibly

Klein’s expression darkened. “Do we know each other?”

Hannah had run into Klein at least twice before. She’d never talked to him directly, but they’d been at the same events, so they weren’t complete strangers.

When she caught sight of the stunning girl standing next to Klein, she called his name without thinking

But now that he’d just humiliated her in front of everyone, her face flushed with embarrassment.

She looked at Oliver with hurt in her eyes. “Did Tina do something to upset you guys?”

Oliver was actually so sick of Hannah. Every time she looked at him with those puppy–dog eyes that were practically dripping with desperation, his skin crawled.

And that sickeningly sweet voice she put on made him want to run for the hills.

However, Hannah’s mom and Oliver’s mom were close friends, so Oliver gave her some face time. “Is she with you?”

Hannah’s heart sank, but she kept her expression smooth and wore a faint smile. “Yeah, she is.”

She added, “Since you brought her, Klein, do me a favor and let this one slide.”

Klein shot him a cold sideways glance, and his eyes seemed to ask, “Do you really think you have any pull with me?”

Oliver knew this man didn’t give a damn about anyone when he got ruthless, so he turned to Whitney instead. “Ms. Moore, my company needs a legal consultant. Interested?”

Whitney looked surprised. “Mr. Grant, you’re too kind. Of course.”

Klein scoffed quietly. ‘At least he knows when to back off, he thought.

He patted Whitney’s hand. “Come on, let’s get you something to eat.”

Since the compensation was settled, Klein couldn’t care less about some clown’s fate anymore.

Whitney winked at Joanne and left with him.

Oliver looked at Hannah with barely concealed impatience. “Keep your people in check, or there won’t be

a next time.”

With that, Oliver wrapped his arm around Joanne’s slender waist and strolled away.

Hannah dug her nails into her palms, and jealousy burned through her chest as she watched that arm around someone else’s waist, driving her absolutely insane.

Tina’s eyes were just as red with envy.

‘How does Whitney get so lucky?‘ she thought bitterly. ‘She already broke off her engagement with Carter, but now she’s latched onto someone even better–someone way more powerful than Carter ever was.‘

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A cold gleam flashed in her eyes. ‘Don’t get too comfortable, Whitney. Once I’m pregnant with Klem’s baby, you’ll be out of the picture for good.

Once they were gone, Hannah rounded on the woman beside her with vicious anger. “Tina, don’t cause ine any more trouble, or I won’t cover for you again. I don’t care if your mom asks me to.”

Tina wanted to snap back, but she didn’t dare. “Hannah, I understand.”

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Whitney didn’t really care why Tina had shown up.

She took delicate bites of her pastry, utterly unaware of the cream that had smudged the corner of her mouth, and she looked like she was enjoying every second of it.

Klein’s gaze burned hot as he stared at her flushed lips, and his eyes darkened with something dangerous.

She must have felt his intense stare because she looked up. “What? Do I have something on my face?”

Without warning, Klein’s dry, cool thumb brushed across the corner of her mouth, and then he brought it to his own lips and sucked on it. “Cream,” he said. “It’s sweet.”

Whitney’s cheeks flushed red in an instant.

Dustin watched the two of them being all lovey–dovey from across the room, and he couldn’t stand to look

anymore.

Eric asked, curious, “Does his dad know about this?”

“Who knows?” Dustin shrugged.

“So he’s serious about her?”

Dustin thought about it for a second. “Seems like it.”

They’d never seen Klein act like this before. If they believed in that kind of thing, they’d swear someone had possessed him. “Well, this should be fun to watch.”

Dustin thought, ‘No kidding. This might turn into one hell of a show.”

Eric and Dustin were deep in conversation, and neither of them noticed the server who’d just hurried past.

“Would you like some juice, sir?”

Klein glanced at the tray in the server’s hands and gave a/slight nod.

The server had two glasses of orange juice. He set one in front of Whitney first, then slowly placed the other in front of Klein. “Please enjoy, sir, miss.”

Klein narrowed his eyes and studied the server for a moment before picking up his orange juice and taking a long drink.

Whitney watched him gulp it down. “Is it that good?”

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Klein smiled, “It’s alright.”

Before long, Klein’s cheeks started to flush. He stood up. “I’m going to the restroom.”

Whitney was confused about why his face was so red when all he’d drunk was orange juice. Tina looked down at her phone, and her heart leapt with joy. ‘It worked, she thought.

She pulled the hotel keycard from her bag with sweaty palms and headed upstairs.

The floor was the banquet hall, while the second floor offered numerous private rooms for guests to

do was wait inside li

ood girl, and soon enough, someone would help Klein up to her

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