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.

purpose of her visit. “Hey, are you the owner of

you be?” He asked, towering above her with an air of indifference as if he did not know her

all.

of Skye Gem Ltd.! Your sworn enemy,”

he replied arrogantly, his gaze

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not to know her? But he had emailed her insults

you 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 my pants? If something else happens, I might just have to

upon glancing down, she noticed her shirt was about to

man, unhurried, began

“Ah, you creep.”

indignation bubbling within her, Whitney bolted for the

her flee with such grace and beauty, the onlookers outside

then, they were all suddenly blinded by