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

“The competition is going to

around cautiously and just nodded

spirits lifted. Elaine had power, and that was

Elaine left quickly

be seen. Meanwhile, Whitney was already retrieving the security footage with

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

to show the connection between Elaine and Monica. She had ways to make

some muscle for me. I have a plan for tomorrow night.”

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

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 help

Valentine family of Banyan City, and Elaine could easily discard

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

at your mercy. You came to us with Kyler, promising to help Monica in the competition, to take down Whitney. You used the Lutz

Whitney had what

do we do with

the muscle reveal the truth–it was not Elaine who kidnapped them,” Whitney replied coolly

possibly snitch to Elaine?” Tiana was puzzled. Whitney

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

and traditional medicine. After moving to Banyan City, Elaine helped her beloved manage his business, quickly rising to a position of power and

was quite similar to

“Check this out. Elaine would not use her work. She must have bought these designs; there

death

papers for Ludwik, noticed Whitney and Felix talking. “What could Whitney and Felix

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

gloom as he confronted Whitney. “Really?

was momentarily

could be