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 sank in. Had Whitney cunningly

resented Tiana’s

course, I’ll take

scuffle in 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

a shiver down her spine at Elaine’s

nodded briskly, “I

the call with

then turned to Yvonne with a sigh of awe. “Mom, Elaine’s moves are brutal, way out of our league. In the past, when we tried to mess with Whitney, we couldn’t even breach the gates of the Lutz family. However, Elaine enters the scene at Claire’s level, and it’s like she’s playing chess with the elites. She’s got the whole game in her

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been close to Mr. Lippert in the Lippert family? Last time,

in realization. “Mom, you knew all along. We’re simply riding on the coattails of the

met her match this time,”

Simon couldn’t find Monica.

only option was to rush to the Lutz family estate

the tight–knit circle of the elite. At the Lutz estate, his word carried little weight; he even

expression, Simon entered the grand Lutz Mansion, a sprawling edifice of wealth. He finally made

up in the grand celebration of Claire’s milestone birthday, was unaware of

the news. that the cursed

responded with urgency, “Whitney had given me a USB drive out of the blue that day.

still reveling in a ball. She couldn’t find Gunner; that scoundrel had shown up at noon only to rush off hurriedly after a phone call. His recent behavior was increasingly off, his attention waning, and even

purse to leave the ball when a maid approached. “Miss Tiana, the young master Gunner has returned.

had come

about her elusive fiancé,

led her into a secluded courtyard of the mansion,

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 cracks. As the door swung

felt as if it had been pierced by a slow–moving sword, and a wave of

forward, her cry slicing

panic was palpable, and as he saw Tiana’s eyes brimming with red, a twinge of