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.]

the phone screen shone brightly; Yvonne saw it too and

wife’s

in those words infuriated Preston, who

his ragged breathing, Yvonne said guiltily, “That’s

losing all reason, and turned to 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

I was clean before I married you; it must be Whitney… It’s too coincidental tonight. We tried to take her child, and she retaliates against

how could they call me a fall guy? Get out!” Preston, spitting blood in anger, immediately

high the next day as

The next day.

Whitney awoke and saw the news, her first thought

and the girl, still groggy from sleep, confessed without denial, “Yeah, it was me. I dug up all of Yvonne’s dirty laundry overnight and gave her a five–day trending

Yvonne and Preston got beaten

Samaritan was

Beaten up

found her thoughts drifting to last night when L said before leaving,

me.”

she knew the answer. A slight smile

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