The Scorned Heiress's Hidden Empire (by Jade Quinn) novel Chapter 424

Before Skyla collapsed, her hand was still locked around Winter’s arm. Her nails dug in so hard it felt as if she meant to te through Winter’s skin.

Even after the bullet hit her and she fell she still didn’t let go.

Skyla’s weight dragged Winter backward. Winter’s legs had gone weak, and she couldn’t hold herself up. She started to fal

her.

Before she hit the ground, a dark figure rushed toward her.

Winter was pulled up and held tightly against a hard, ice–cold chest. Back in the woods, Chris had given her his jacket, and the clothes he had left on were soaked through and freezing.

Chris kicked Skyla away.

The bodyguards immediately stepped forward to check on her and confirm that she was dead.

Chris kept the hand holding the gun behind Winter’s head, blocking her from turning back to look.

“I need to ask her.” Winter’s eyes were red. “I need to ask her what she meant.”

A chill seemed to crawl out from deep inside her bones, making her tremble uncontrollably.

The baby.

Skyla had drugged her.

But why had Winter survived while the baby died?

Was it because the baby had still been too small?

NO

That wasn’t what Skyla had meant.

What had she been about to say?

The baby had died in place of

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Winter raised her hand and struck her own head.

Why couldn’t she figure it out?

“Winter!”

Chris’s arm tightened around her waist. He caught her hand before she could hurt herself again, his grip so tight that the veins stood out on the back of his hand.

He called her name in a low, urgent voice, trying to bring her back to herself.

Winter looked up at his bloodshot eyes and asked, almost pleading, “Chris, do you know what happened? What was Skyla going to say?”

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