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.]

with a thug? Spend a night

find out her

What’s she even worth? I’d say ten grand is

Whitney became the

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 you like you’re

looked over, causing

was eyeing her, Roselyn felt a surge of superiority. She strolled over with a sultry gaze and taunted, “Do you have any idea what this meal costs? Whitney is flat broke; she

the man’s chin, “You’ve got a decent build. Consider this

snatch Whitney’s so–called ‘thug boyfriend, to trample her underfoot and show her up in

finally spoke, his

she did not know L’s true identity, she knew

a black 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 come here for business, too.

slightly at the sight of