Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 58

Tiana flipped through the menu, her eyes darting up at the sound of Whitney’s phone buzzing.

It was a call from a director at Skye Gem Ltd.

Whitney squinted, excusing herself from the table to take the call.

When she returned. Tiana gestured to a headline flashing on her tablet. “Monica’s plagiarism scandal is blowing up, dragging down Skye Gem Ltd’s stocks. The Valentine family’s shares took a nosedive today. Are the shareholders getting restless?”

Whitney nodded with a wry smile. “Monica’s got the Valentines backing her, but with a scandal this big, the shareholders I know aren’t fools. With the Valentine family’s fall, Skye Gem Ltd. is in turmoil, and they’re worried about their stakes.”

“So, they’re reaching out to you, the former CEO of Skye Gem Ltd.? Typical.”

“Many shareholders are clueless. For years, Monica’s been riding on my coattails, and now they’re finally realizing who the real expert is.”

As if on cue, another Skye Gem Ltd. shareholder called.

It was a good sign, Whitney thought as she patiently answered, her eyes narrowing. This could be her chance to reclaim Skye Gem Ltd.

After hanging up, Tiana suddenly waved her laptop, calling out, “Holy smokes, Whitney! You had me tail Roselyn last night, and you won’t believe what she led us to!”

Whitney watched intently as Tiana excitedly booted up a surveillance feed, showing Roselyn’s movements exactly as Whitney had instructed to be monitored.

Roselyn, having successfully wormed her way into Preston’s favor, was bound to make a move. Whitney wanted to have leverage over Roselyn, turning her into the blade to slice into the Valentine family’s core.

However, the footage was also showing that Roselyn was tailing Preston?

She trailed Preston to the front of a villa, and Preston remained oblivious. Soon, a captivating scene played out.

An elderly lady, with a young boy in tow, stepped out of the villa. The boy was carefully shielded by a hat, his identity evidently meant to be kept secret.

ensuring the coast was clear, emerged from his luxury car and scooped

gate. Preston greeted her with a hug

a secret love child of your dad!” Tiana gasped,

scene and nodded, “It seems

consistently favoring sons over daughters. Whitney vividly remembered the strictly management imposed by Yvonne

father had managed to

elderly lady was none other than Violet, Preston’s mother and Whitney’s grandmother, who had supposedly retreated to the countryside to recover her health. In reality, she’d been hiding away, raising her grandson-

had never approved of Whitney or Monica,

by her

Yvonne by secretly introducing

observed the drama with

the ladder, but turns out the man’s already got a son.

discovery. Tiana, can you find out where

the assignment, and gave

Roselyn hid behind a bush in the villa

however, this love child could be

feel like we’re being watched. Let’s head back,” Preston said cautiously, urging the

plummeting. Monica’s made a mess with her scandal. What’s going on? I always said that vixen Yvonne

snapped, annoyed by his mother’s

few words about her, so what?” she retorted defensively. “You’ve been bewitched by that woman since you were young! You’re my son, and I know you. We owe our fortune to

worriedly, “You even let her persuade you to harm Whitney. Don’t mistreat Whitney like that, Son. What happened to her granddad and mom was an unexpected ‘bonus‘ to us, and even though she is not really connected to you, you still

his

fist, he stormed off to his car and drove

window, she saw Preston pull out a pocket watch. Inside was a

woman he could never have, who met her

Whitney glanced at the clock and realized it

where Taryn was, to find out

smirked and asked, “So what’s next

Imperial Gem Corporation’s tower claiming to ‘work‘, he’ll be in

fully armed, and swiftly switched their ride, trailing the Bentley that