Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Whitney’s Facebook pinged.

Opening the app, she was horrified to see Roselyn had posted the photo in their college group with a scoffing caption,

[Come see the former campus queen with her thug boyfriend, caught in the act. She’s dining and dashing at Southern Elegance Club. Stay tuned for the live stream of her getting kicked out.]

The group exploded. Whitney had been a goddess on campus, secretly admired by numerous high society young men. Now, they recoiled as if they had swallowed flies.

[How’d she end up like this, with a thug?]

[I felt sorry for her after the kidnapping news, but she’s clearly promiscuous.]

why waste time with a thug? Spend

find out her price,

pregnant. What’s she even worth? I’d

Whitney became

indifferent, something that Roselyn just could not stomach. She pinched her face mockingly and said, “What’s with the act, darling? In the group chat, they’re treating

looked over, causing an inexplicable

of superiority. She strolled over with a sultry gaze and taunted,

build. Consider this meal on me, and come with

Whitney’s so–called ‘thug boyfriend, to trample her

finally spoke, his

beat. Although she did not

black card, her eyes mocking Whitney. “This is Monica’s black card. Simon got it for her at the Southern

the sight of the