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.

corner, Elaine paused, her cold gaze meeting

“The competition is going to disqualify me! You promised you’d help me win…”

around cautiously and just nodded

power, and that was

Elaine left quickly

the sixth floor, she realized Whitney was nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile, Whitney was already retrieving

Mr. L, and Monica’s

Monica. She had ways to make Monica confess everything

round up some muscle for me. I have a plan for

one to abduct Monica from the hospital and the 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 a brutal interrogation. Whitney had her

retribution from Elaine for Monica’s brash demands at the hospital, which had offended Elaine. Thus, Elaine no longer

just pawns from the Valentine family of Banyan City, and Elaine could easily discard

had her men leave a phone with the captive pair. Overwhelmed by their predicament, Yvonne snatched the phone and dialed a number, which Tiana intercepted, allowing the call to go

screamed into the phone, “Elaine, why are you doing

the line. “Just because you’re the heiress from Emperor City doesn’t mean we’re at your mercy. You came to us with Kyler, 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 weapon, but now

Whitney had

with

the truth–it was not

won’t they realize they’ve been deceived and possibly snitch to Elaine?” Tiana was puzzled. Whitney merely

followed along as Whitney called

that Elaine had a background in jewelry design and traditional medicine. After moving to Banyan City, Elaine helped her beloved manage

Elaine was quite similar to

draft‘ to Tiana, “Check this out. Elaine would not use her work. She must have bought these designs; there will

death at

and Felix talking. “What could Whitney and

to the room, their conversation hidden, their plans unknown.

he confronted Whitney. “Really? Chatting up some other

momentarily speechless.

be so petty.