Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Whitney stood rooted to the spot, confused by his odd reaction.

It was a song she had composed a long time ago.

The man squinted his deep–set eyes, remembering the girl who had saved him. To calm his hysterical fits, she had hummed a soothing lullaby while performing acupuncture, which closely resembled this tune.

Suddenly, he asked again, “Are you trained in medicine?”

Whitney frowned. She had promised her mother to keep her knowledge of medicine a secret for self–preservation, so she had not revealed it to anyone except Tiana.

But why would he ask that?

“No,” she denied instinctively.

The profound ripples in the man’s eyes faded away.

He ended the conversation. “You should get some sleep. Leave everything else to me.”

her mind but

In the study.

his expression laced with deadly intent. He called Nolan, his voice icy, “Here’s your chance to make amends. Take Whitney’s father and stepmother and beat

did I do wrong?”

was meeting Preston tonight. You misled me, made me misunderstand

hung up the phone, still

same time,

could not sleep due to the bruises on her back. Then, Tiana called her

were beaten up by

Whitney instinctively touched her

ordeal.

Preston even human? He doesn’t deserve to be a father! Monica framed you with a false pregnancy scare, and you were only defending yourself. Yet, he wanted to beat you to cause a

eyes narrowing. “Yvonne put him up to it. Monica wanted revenge. She released the video to cover up her own embarrassment with the scandal of my miscarriage and to stop me from entering

competition.”

just watch

Late at night.

returning home from a social gathering when several motorcycles suddenly