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 her face

your wife’s trending!

words infuriated Preston, who

ragged breathing, Yvonne

turned to slap her hard, “You had so many sordid affairs

be Whitney… It’s too coincidental tonight. We

guy? Get out!” Preston, spitting blood in anger, immediately called The Valentine Corporation’s PR to scrub the trending

next day as if hackers

The next day.

news,

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

got beaten up by some gang and ended up

was who avenged you?

up

thoughts drifting to last night when

me.”

like she knew the answer. A slight smile curved her

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