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.”

several questions in her mind but did not dwell on them, simply nodding

In the study.

with deadly intent. He called Nolan, his voice icy, “Here’s your chance to make amends. Take Whitney’s father and stepmother and beat them senseless. They dare to harm my child without realizing

I do wrong?” Nolan

me, made me misunderstand her… Just

up the

time,

could not sleep due to the

panic, Tiana asked, “Whitney, I heard you were beaten up by some guys at the

events, Whitney instinctively touched

ordeal.

pregnancy scare, and you were only defending yourself. Yet, he wanted to beat

narrowing. “Yvonne put him up to it. Monica wanted revenge. She released the video to cover up her own embarrassment

competition.”

outrageous, just watch me!”

Late at night.

home from a social gathering when