Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 75

“No way,” Whitney vehemently denied with a furrowed brow, her voice laced with agitation, “I haven’t done anything illegal. It was Monica who brought in counterfeit gems, and I’m in the middle of investigating it. I have proof that Monica purchased fake materials. I’m requesting a lawyer to defend me, and my people will bring the evidence to the station any minute now”

That day, she had wisely secured an ace up her sleeve.

Despite her lips turning ashen, Whitney maintained an eerie calm,

The interrogator’s brow furrowed deeply. “You can’t request a lawyer. Given the severity of the case, Hunter’s already filed an appeal against you in a fit of rage.”

Her eyebrows knotted even tighter. “Then please, just wait. The evidence will be here shortly!”

The detective’s voice was icy, “We can only delay the interrogation for four hours. After that, we have no choice but to process you into the detention center.”

Tiana would surely rush to her rescue.

And what about L?

He must have heard by now. He would come for her, wouldn’t he?

Whitney wrung her hands, feeling a sense of helplessness. It was her first time in a police station, and despite her composure, the magnitude of the case was beginning to unsettle her.

Monica relished her hiding, smug in the chaos.

When Elaine called, her voice carried a chill despite her soft laughter. “Feeling comfortable now? You fool. Whitney is waiting for Tiana to save her. Did you not know that the evidence against you is in Tiana’s hands? Remember your dear friend Stella? It’s high time her affair with Gunner made some waves. Tiana is Whitney’s close confidante, a glaring annoyance, isn’t she? Use this opportunity to cripple her and sour her bond with Whitney. Got it?”

Monica’s brain struggled to keep up.

How did Elaine know everything? It was unnerving.

reminder

long resented

I’ll take care of

the detention center is par for the course. You could even arrange for someone to keep her company. A miscarriage, a severe injury–it would all be an unfortunate

her spine at Elaine’s veiled

nodded briskly,

ended the call with a

Claire’s level, and it’s like she’s playing chess with the elites. She’s got the whole game in her hands, and she’ll crush Whitney sooner or later, ha–ha. But why does she

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Chapter 75

been close to Mr. Lippert in the Lippert family?

Monica exclaimed in realization. “Mom, you knew all along. We’re

this time,” Yvonne

Simon couldn’t find Monica.

to the Lutz family estate to seek

one of the four magnates, Simon, as an illegitimate son, held a lower status within the tight–knit circle of the elite. At the Lutz estate, his word carried little weight; he even had

a sprawling edifice of

in the grand celebration of Claire’s milestone birthday,

been rushed to the hospital, and Tiana had been by her side the entire time, oblivious to the news. that the cursed diamond

given me a USB drive out of the blue that day. Is that where

she returned to the Lutz Mansion, the aristocratic relatives were still reveling in a ball. She couldn’t find Gunner; that scoundrel had shown up at noon only to rush

to leave the ball when a maid approached. “Miss

come back?

her elusive

a secluded courtyard of the mansion, pointing to a door.

usual abode. With a sense of foreboding, Tiana approached the door. Just as she reached to open it, the unmistakable. sounds of an intimate encounter spilled through the

been pierced by a slow–moving sword, and a wave of ice–cold realization

Tiana clenched her teeth and charged forward, her cry slicing through the air, “Gunner? Stella? You

he saw Tiana’s eyes brimming with red, a twinge of