Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

“Spit on them, boys! Break this old fool!” They shouted.

After having their fun, the assailants left, cursing as they went.

Yvonne, her beauty marred, spoke with venom yet dared not curse, “Sir, who were they? They seem to be ordinary thugs, but we haven’t crossed anyone like them recently!”

A realization struck Preston. “It’s Whitney… Didn’t she get mixed up with some riffraff? Tonight, I tricked her into a miscarriage, and she got them to retaliate! The ungrateful wench. And it’s your fault for that rotten idea, making me please Monica by getting rid of her child!”

Yvonne replied with cold resentment, “I was just trying to keep Monica happy for Simon, okay? If we get rid of Whitney, we keep control of the company.”

She kept babbling as Preston was busy calling an ambulance.

Then, looking at the news on his phone, Preston’s face turned pale as a sheet.

[Breaking News: The Valentine Corporation’s CEO’s wife, a former adult film star!]

[High society lady, Yvonne Valentine, involved in explicit videos, supported by wealthy businessmen.]

[Preston Valentine, the fall guy.]

phone screen shone brightly; Yvonne saw it too and her face

mocking text from a business tycoon, [Preston, your wife’s trending! Was she really an adult film star? No wonder you can’t

those words infuriated Preston, who was extremely conscious

breathing, Yvonne

slap her hard, “You had so many sordid affairs in the past? Now they’re out in the open, and you dragged my reputation down

Whitney… It’s too coincidental tonight. We tried to

Get out!” Preston, spitting blood in anger, immediately called The Valentine Corporation’s PR

topic remained high the next day as if

The next day.

news,

me. I dug up all of Yvonne’s dirty laundry overnight and

see the gossip? Yvonne and Preston got beaten up by some gang

was

Beaten up by a

night when L said before leaving, “Leave everything

me.”

the answer. A slight smile curved her lips. Despite his misunderstanding of her

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