Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 138

Whitney lowered her gaze gently, awaiting the precise moment when he stepped into the room.

“Why would you partner with them? Was this intentional? To embarrass me, to make me look bad in front of the Perlman family? Whitney, you’re so cruel!”

“All I wanted was one thing. My uncle is my only family, and you’ve been holding out on me. Who do you think is the cruel cne?” Whitney rose sharply to her feet.

Troy watched without interruption.

Faith’s expression cooled as she clutched the proposal, eyeing Whitney, “Are you really serious about this?” “Absolutely.” Whitney turned, her face set with a chilling resolve, “Faith, this deal with Skye Gem Ltd. is only advantageous for your company. Take it home and mull it over. We’ll talk detalls in a couple of days.”

“No way!” Simon lunged for the proposal, “Skye Gem Ltd. will never partner with their company, never!”

“Simon, you’re no longer the CEO of Skye Gem Ltd. You can’t make decisions for Whitney. And Whitney, I’m looking forward to cooperate with you.” Troy smirked, snatched the proposal and left.

After the siblings departed, Simon’s eyes reddened with rage as he glared at Whitney, “Why are you driving me into a corner! Do you know that since I lost the position of CEO, my father has started to doubt me? Troy has stolen the show at today’s Perlman Group shareholder meeting. Now you’re teaming up with them, and I’ll be the laughingstock of the Perlman family!”

Whitney observed his frantic and tormented expression indifferently.

Once upon a time, when he and Monica had pushed her into a corner, she had felt just as helpless and desperate.

What goes around comes around.

Ignoring his pleas, Whitney turned and walked out of the office with icy detachment. Simon was furious. He reached out to stop her.

She noticed Simon’s grip on

Just then, at the company’s main entrance, a stunning figure walked in. Simon’s face froze as he saw Scarlett.

Whitney’s arm and her face turned icy instantly, “Simon, what are you doing?”

Scarlett was well–informed about Simon’s entanglement with the Valentine sisters.

yet had a fondness for Simon. He had approached her for a marriage alliance, aiming for the support of her

with an

increasingly cold, “I asked Scarlett to come. I have a recording of

let her listen to it

your inheritance from the Perlman family. Unless you hand over the contact book to me, and I could forget about the

she was both familiar and a stranger. The cold clarity in her eyes was stunning, not a

about reclaiming his legacy from the Perlman family, rekindling their past romance

had

was the one who pushed her away! He was the fool, blinded by Monica’s frail appearance. He was selfish,

weed in Semen’s eve doven by regret

make a choice

gevole choked with difficulty. Fine, I’ll give you the contact book Just don’t giles that tending to her And the deat with

beg,

which had been reaching into her bag withdrew slightly

no recording actually it was a bluff,

a

she could scold Whitney, Simon walked over to Scarlett, took her hand and led

stond in the lobby and texted him I need to get

a defeated Simon returned [Come to my place to get it.

and invited the general manager of Skye Gem Ltd to accompany her, then

apartment in silence. Whitney had no intention of speaking.

rear–view mirror several times, his eyes flickering with calculated thoughts. After seeing Whitney the previous day, he had looked through the contact book carefully, noticing

sly smile, he turned to Whitney and said cryptically, “Maybe it’s

secrets.

what

out

waited at the

down and the sky began to darken, Simon returned with the contact book.

Whitney’s eyes misted over with warmth, as if she saw her

his

and turned to leave, but Simon grabbed her