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.]

time with a

her price, will you?]

What’s she even worth?

became

mockingly and said, “What’s with the act, darling? In the group chat, they’re

looked over,

with a sultry gaze and

boldly pinched the man’s chin, “You’ve got a decent build. Consider this meal on me, and come with me. Whitney is

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

The man finally spoke, his voice chilling and

not know L’s true identity, she knew he was

card, her eyes mocking Whitney. “This is Monica’s black card. Simon got it for her at the Southern Elegance Club. Whitney, I remember you used to

narrowed slightly at the