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.

clear, emerged from his luxury car and scooped the boy up

with a hug and a

child of

scene and nodded, “It seems

renowned for his traditional values, consistently favoring sons over daughters. Whitney vividly remembered the strictly management

a surprise to her that, under such watchful eyes, her father had managed to father a secret child, now around five

supposedly retreated to the countryside to recover her health. In reality, she’d been hiding away,

approved of Whitney or

with Yerine, and when Preston was utterly captivated by her

had changed, and it seemed the old lady had finally one upper Yvonne by secretly introducing a new woman to her son’s life, bearing

observed the drama with

climb the ladder, but turns out the man’s already got

narrowed thoughtfully. “We should thank her for this discovery. Tiana, can you find out where Violet’s

assignment, and gave

Roselyn hid behind a bush in the villa compound, trembling with

an unexpected discovery; however, this love child

we’re being watched. Let’s head back,” Preston said cautiously, urging the woman to take

the Valentine Corporation’s shares plummeting. Monica’s made a mess with her scandal. What’s going on? I always said that vixen Yvonne was a bad omen, bound to bleed the Valentine

Preston snapped, annoyed by his mother’s superstitious and cunning

you were young! You’re my son, and I know you. We owe

mom was an unexpected ‘bonus‘ to us, and even though she is not really connected to you, you still shouldn’t take it out on

his

fist, he stormed off to his car and drove

Preston pull out a

was Whitney’s mother, a woman he could never

at the clock and realized it was already two in the

the villa where Taryn was, to find out when L

“So what’s next on

up at Imperial Gem Corporation’s tower

into detectives, fully armed, and swiftly switched their ride, trailing the Bentley that had rolled out of the mansion’s