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.

spine as Elaine’s reminder sank in.

resented Tiana’s assistance to

course, I’ll take

A little scuffle in the detention center is par for the course. You could

her spine at

briskly,

the call with a swift

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 hands, and she’ll crush Whitney sooner or later, ha–ha. But why does

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that Elaine has always been close to Mr. Lippert in the Lippert family? Last time,

you knew all along. We’re simply riding on the coattails of the

met her match this time,”

Simon couldn’t find Monica.

to rush to the Lutz family estate to

of the elite. At the

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

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

to the news. that the cursed diamond had originated from Whitney’s company. It wasn’t until Simon’s call that her mind

me a USB drive out of the blue that day. Is that where Monica’s evidence is? I encrypted it. I’ll go

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 off hurriedly after a phone

a maid approached. “Miss Tiana,

come back?

about her elusive fiancé, Tiana thought

led her into a secluded courtyard of the mansion, pointing to a door. “The young master Gunner is in

and lavishly decorated, but this courtyard was not Gunner’s 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 cracks. As the door

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

forward, her cry

Tiana’s eyes brimming with red, a twinge of pain