Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

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Chapter 235

Elaine squinted her eyes, a sly grin on her lips. She had once used a bout of depression as a cover, bribing the doctors to administer drugs covertly, plotting the demise of the

unsuspecting.

But now Whitney was prepared to burn her bridges? Tonight would mark her end.

“Director,” Elaine’s voice was smooth as ice, “delay sending the surveillance footage of Tiana breaking in to Ludwik. Wait for my say–so. And make sure any trace of me here is wiped clean.”

The Director, considering the lucrative deal promised by Bartels Hospital and the future Mrs. Lippert, had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Whitney huddled in the car, gasping for air.

“Are you okay, sweetheart?” Tiana asked, her hands shaking as she started the car.

“Drive… fast.” Whitney clutched her belly, pain in her voice. “They injected me with something to induce premature birth. The baby might have been affected.”

“That damned Elaine,” Tiana cursed as she floored the accelerator. “We’ll meet up with the girl, grab the evidence, and then confront that scumbag Ludwik!”

The car sped down the mountainside.

Valerie’s call came through. “Tiana, did you get Whitney? Bad news–I heard Ludwik’s gone on an unexpected business trip down south. Something about a company emergency. What do we do now?”

Tiana paused, a frown creasing her forehead.

“Don’t worry,” Whitney said, trying to keep calm despite her distress. “It might be better that he’s not in Banyan City. We’ll take the girl and go south.”

They both knew Elaine could sabotage their plans at any turn.

“You shouldn’t be traveling in your condition,” Tiana said as they drove. “I’ve hidden the girl nearby, just in case… in case something happened to you.”

quaint lodge nestled at the

out of the car and hurried to unlock the door. Inside stood a frail–looking girl, her fear evident as

we need to leave.

to them, and the three women burst out into the night, racing towards the

from the glare. “Ms. Valentine, Ms. Melford, where did

gasped, Instinctively shielding

swarm of menacing thugs

were bound and dragged into the cottage. The door slammed shut behind them.

leaned against the door, her gaze fixed on Whitney’s pallid face. She walked over and grasped her chin. “I told you, your pregnancy is your greatest vulnerability. You uncovered my secret and thought you could expose me to Ludwik with this ‘evidence‘? You think that

Whitney, you’ll pay when Ludwik finds out about the miscarriage

you know where you failed tonight? You were too desperate to save Whitney, worried about

baby could die any second

to save Whitney first, then inform Ludwik and confront him with the

passive,” Elaine taunted. “Now that you’re in my hands, your fate is sealed.” She yanked Tiana’s hair and signaled a thug with a

head with a heavy blow. She screamed, blood gushing, and collapsed, twitching, then lay still, no longer

soaked in cold sweat, her eyes

was silenced by shock.

hard–won evidence, the girl they had found, was dead just

and how utterly cruel Elaine

high society ladies like me, this is how we play the game. Have you learned nothing? And Tiana, ever since Gunner and Stella conspired to abduct you, I’ve been waiting for my chance. Monica’s failings have let you slip through the cracks, helping

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you’re paying for it all. You hid the girl and discovered

pulled several bank statements and medical records from

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before moving to Whitney and extracting all

papers, she sneered at them, tearing everything to shreds right before

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