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.]

brightly; Yvonne saw it too

[Preston, your wife’s trending! Was she really an adult film star? No wonder you

words infuriated Preston, who was extremely conscious

breathing, Yvonne said guiltily, “That’s

reason, and turned to slap her hard, “You had so many sordid affairs in the past? Now

before I married you; it must be Whitney… It’s too coincidental tonight. We tried

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

next day as if hackers were working

The next day.

Whitney awoke and saw the news, her

and the girl, still groggy from sleep, confessed without denial, “Yeah, it was me. I dug up all of Yvonne’s dirty

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

was who

froze. Beaten up

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

me.”

like she knew the answer. A slight smile curved

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