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 her

In the study.

“Here’s your chance to make amends. Take Whitney’s father and stepmother and

I do wrong?” Nolan was utterly

was meeting Preston tonight. You misled me, made me

up the phone, still

same time, in

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

asked, “Whitney, I heard you were beaten up by some guys at the Imperial Garden Bar. What

night’s harrowing events, Whitney instinctively touched her stomach and

ordeal.

pregnancy scare, and you were only defending yourself. Yet, he wanted to beat you to cause a miscarriage, all to vent

it. Monica wanted revenge. She released the video to cover up her own embarrassment with the scandal of my miscarriage and to

competition.”

outrageous, just watch me!” Tiana

Late at night.

were returning home from a social gathering when several