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.

a corner, Elaine paused, her cold

is going to

around cautiously and just nodded impatiently.

power, and that was all she

Elaine left quickly

already retrieving the

she’s behind any of this to Mr. L, and Monica’s words alone aren’t enough to show Elaine was the

between Elaine and Monica. She had ways to make Monica confess

up some muscle for me. I

groups: 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

the hospital, which had offended Elaine. Thus, Elaine

of Banyan City, and Elaine could easily discard

their predicament, Yvonne snatched the phone and dialed a number, which Tiana intercepted, allowing

“Elaine, why are you doing this

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

recorded, Whitney

with them now?” Tiana

truth–it was not Elaine who

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

grasp Whitney’s strategy, but she followed along as Whitney called Valerie, inquiring about Elaine’s expertise in jewelry design.

City,

was quite similar to Whitney.

not use her work. She must have bought these designs; there will

especially the worker’s death at the Elate City Sea Bay project. As they chatted outside, Ludwik watched from the

talking. “What could Whitney and Felix

the room, their conversation hidden,

were clouded with gloom as he confronted Whitney. “Really? Chatting up some other guy

was momentarily speechless.

be so petty.