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 the boy

her with a hug and a cheeky pat on the rear, undoubtedly the

child of your dad!” Tiana

checked the scene and nodded,

consistently favoring sons over daughters. Whitney vividly remembered the strictly management imposed by Yvonne when she lived with the

watchful eyes, her father had managed to father a secret child, now

recover her health. In reality, she’d been hiding away, raising her grandson- a woman known for

the day, she had never approved of Whitney or Monica, and even less so of Yvonne, her

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

the old lady had finally one upper Yvonne by secretly introducing a new woman to her son’s life, bearing him the male her he’d

the drama with detached

feel sorry for Roselyn,” Tiana chuckled. “She wanted to climb the ladder, but turns out the man’s already got a son. What can she

this discovery.

understanding the assignment, and gave a

behind a bush in

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

watched. Let’s head back,” Preston said

heard the neighbors talking about the Valentine Corporation’s shares plummeting. Monica’s made a mess with her scandal. What’s going on? I always

Mom,” Preston snapped, annoyed by his

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.

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

his face contorted with

off to his car and

but through the car window, she saw Preston pull out a pocket

could never

the clock and realized it was already

where Taryn was, to find out when L had

what’s next

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

their ride, trailing the Bentley that had rolled out of