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.

from his luxury car and scooped the boy up in a fatherly

young woman appeared at the gate. Preston greeted her with a hug

a secret love child

and nodded,

sons over daughters. Whitney vividly remembered

that, under such watchful eyes, her father had

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- a woman known for her sharp tongue and

she had never approved of Whitney or Monica, and

utterly captivated by her he could silence his mother even if she couldn’t give birth to a

by secretly introducing a new woman to her son’s life, bearing him the male her

the drama

to climb the ladder, but

this discovery. Tiana, can you find out

the assignment,

behind a bush in the villa compound, trembling with

to an unexpected discovery; however, this love child could be the

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

Corporation’s shares plummeting. Monica’s made a

Preston snapped, annoyed by his mother’s

“You’ve been bewitched by that woman since you were young! You’re my son, and I know you. We owe our fortune to

moment, she added 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 shouldn’t take it out on her. I know

Preston shouted; his face contorted

he stormed off

car window, she saw Preston pull out a pocket

Whitney’s mother, a woman he could never have, who

the diner, Whitney glanced at the clock and realized it was already

was, to find out when

“So what’s next on the

L. If he shows up at Imperial Gem Corporation’s tower claiming

switched their ride, trailing the Bentley that had rolled out of the