Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 120

“What are you doing here?” Monica’s voice was a mix of hatred and fear as she saw Whitney standing at the door. The once robust figure had withered away after a long recovery from a broken rib and leg.

Ever since that scuffle with her husband, she had grown wary of Whitney.

Whitney lifted her eyebrows and smirked, “Step outside for a second. We need to talk.”

“You’re not cooking up some scheme, are you?” Monica could not help but feel suspicious.

Whitney dangled the bait. “It’s about your shares in Skye Gem. Don’t you care about that anymore?”

That got Monica’s attention. Clenching her jaw with resentment, she followed Whitney out of the room.

Whitney glanced upwards, plotting her next move. Monica’s room was on the fourth floor, orthopedics, while L’s private suite was on the eighth. It was about time Elaine would be making an appearance.

She led Monica upstairs, making her way to the sixth floor. At the elevator, Whitney excused herself to take a call, leaving Monica to wait.

As the elevator door opened, Monica caught a glimpse of Elaine inside.

The news had just broken that Monica’s spot in the jewelry competition semifinals was in jeopardy.

Desperation had set in, and although her mother had tried to reach out to Elaine, she would not give them the time of day.

Now, unexpectedly facing Elaine, Monica mustered her courage and stepped into the elevator.

Elaine’s eyes held a warning.

When the elevator reached the ground floor, Elaine strode out quickly, with Monica hot on her heels.

paused, her cold gaze meeting Monica’s

is going to disqualify me! You promised you’d help

word, Elaine looked around cautiously and just

power, and that

Elaine left quickly

was already retrieving the security footage with Tiana. The camera had captured everything, including Elaine’s

remarked. “Without her saying a word, we can’t prove she’s behind any of this to Mr. L, and Monica’s words alone aren’t enough to show Elaine was the one who instructed Monica to plot against you and send you

nodded. This charade was just to show the connection between Elaine and Monica. She had ways to make Monica confess everything Elaine

me. I have a plan

other to snatch Yvonne from the Valentine Mansion. The mother and daughter were taken aback by their sudden kidnapping, ending up in a desolate warehouse where they faced

sharp as ever, deduced that this must be retribution from Elaine for Monica’s brash demands at the hospital, which had offended Elaine. Thus, Elaine no longer wanted to

just pawns from the Valentine family of Banyan City,

predicament, Yvonne snatched the phone and dialed a

phone, “Elaine, why are you

promising to help Monica in the competition, to take down Whitney. You used the Lutz family, instructed Monica to get Whitney jailed, and arranged for her beating in custody… We’ve been your

the confession recorded, Whitney had what she needed.

do we do with them

not Elaine who

been deceived and possibly snitch to Elaine?” Tiana was puzzled. Whitney merely smiled. “If they snitch, even better.”

Whitney’s strategy, but she followed along as Whitney called Valerie, inquiring about Elaine’s

in jewelry design and traditional medicine. After moving to Banyan City, Elaine helped

quite similar to Whitney.

then handed Monica’s ‘design draft‘ to Tiana, “Check this out. Elaine would not use her

discuss recent developments in United Realty Corporation, especially the worker’s death at the Elate City Sea Bay project. As they chatted outside,

Ludwik, noticed Whitney and Felix talking. “What could Whitney and Felix be

the room, their

features were clouded with gloom as he confronted Whitney. “Really? Chatting up some other guy right in front of me?”

momentarily speechless.

could be so