Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

That was because someone else had made her change!

Whitney tried to shift her angle slightly, but the man suddenly grunted and growled, “Be careful, or your face might touch something.”

Whitney stiffened, her cheeks blazing.

He began to pull the towel from her back, gently easing her off him.

Whitney sat to the side, covering her eyes, panting. “Okay, are you decent now?”

Looking at her flushed appearance, the man hooked the corner of his lips in a faint smile.

“Stand up slowly,” he advised, not wanting her to stumble again.

Seeing him wrapped in the towel once more, Whitney dared to open her eyes. The man seemed oddly familiar.

her visit. “Hey, are you the owner of Imperial Gem Corporation,

an air of indifference as if he

all.

the owner of Skye Gem Ltd.! Your sworn enemy,” Whitney declared with a mix of frustration and

he replied

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claimed not to know her? But he had emailed her insults about her figure! Whitney refused to believe he did not

Mr. Lippert or not?” She pressed,

a fleeting glance, his look dark and warning, “Is it safe for you to be standing here dressed like that? Or are you interested in watching me change

dumbstruck, and upon glancing down, she noticed her shirt

unhurried, began to

“Ah, you creep.”

cheeks flushed and indignation bubbling within her, Whitney bolted for the

such grace and beauty, the onlookers outside were left with

they were all suddenly blinded by