Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 251

After parting ways with Orion, Whitney hopped into her car and immediately opened her text messages, eagerly awaiting Tiana’s current address.

But there was no text. Tiana had backed out.

Whitney sighed. The once fearless Tiana had now become so cautious.

She had no choice but to seek help from Bryce, asking him to dig up some information.

Bryce quickly provided her with a precise address.

After thanking him, Whitney drove off.

As the GPS guided her past the bustling downtown area, the neighborhoods grew shabbier, and she finally pulled up in front of a narrow, dilapidated old building.

Staring at the worn alley and the squalid surroundings, Whitney could not believe Tiana and her parents were hiding in a place like this.

What on earth had happened in the past three years to bring the Melford family to such a state? Taking a deep breath, Whitney got out of the car and slowly entered the building.

Just as she was about to knock, the door swung open, and she came face–to–face with the last person she expected.

Valerie, holding an empty can of baby formula, looked up, and her eyes widened in shock.

The two friends stood there, tears glistening in their eyes.

“Valerie,” Whitney called softly.

“Whit… Whitney?” Valerie dropped the can, her voice trailing off as she turned and called back into the apartment, “Tiana! It’s Whitney! She’s here!”

Footsteps echoed from inside.

Tiana appeared behind the door, her formerly round cheeks now slender, her long hair cut to a bob that brushed her pale shoulders.

The sweet, brash girl Whitney remembered from three years ago had transformed into a quiet, slick woman.

Her features were soft, with a hint of motherly allure, but her eyes lacked sparkle. She looked at Whitney in shock, tears welling up.

Whitney took another deep breath, her lips trembling as she stepped inside without a word.

“Whitney… What are you doing here?”

Tiana quickly wiped her eyes and cautiously glanced outside before swiftly shutting the door.

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Whitney, who carefully observed Tiana and the small two–bedroom

different from the spacious villa the Melford family once

at the pair, her voice hoarse. “I’m sorry, Tiana, I came back

that you’re back!” Valerie finally snapped out of her daze and embraced Whitney, breaking down. “We thought you were dead! Thank God Bryce got out… He managed to get word to me, and I knew you were alive. These three years, Whitney, you must

did not dare reach out; she feared giving herself away, her wings not yet fully grown. She clenched her fists as she looked at Tiana. “My biggest regret is dragging you down with me! But

I’ve been okay these three years,” Tiana replied with a placating smile, her gaze evasive.

it made Whitney’s heart

back you up, to restore the Melford family’s glory,” Whitney

shook her head in despair. “Whitney, you don’t understand the power of Ludwik Lippert, the influence

recalled that night three years ago and all the subsequent horrors that ensued like

and anger. “Tiana, the three of us have ended up like this all

don’t make her feel worse,”

cowards for three years because of Elaine’s tyranny. How

not only of yourself but also of Cherry and your parents. The Melford.Group was brought to its knees by a single word from

bitch has committed countless wrongs, and I refuse to believe that no one

sanitarium to save

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Melford family, and Elaine quietly ran them into

them but also leaving them with a massive debt. Tiana was so vilified that no man would consider

taken her own life by then. What’s more despicable is that she soon discovered she was pregnant with Cherry. Tiana’s unique condition meant that terminating the pregnancy would prevent her from

no choice but to have the child, and to this day, after so many men that night, we don’t know who the

to tremble, her face turning a ghastly pale. “Stop

and Elaine ruthlessly finished them off. Anytime Nolan Fuller and I

threatening me, too. I’ve been

and desperate, somehow found work, only to be suppressed by

minions.

all this, Tiana’s will was broken, and the Melford family ended up hiding

child, Tiana became increasingly wary, to the point where she wouldn’t even see me. I could only secretly buy some baby formula for Cherry and pick

eyes blazed with a fiery red. Her friends were living such

Elaine, that woman was a tyrant; her misdeeds were absolute.

of the most eligible bachelors in Banyan City. All ruined, a scandal, an unwed mother, three

Tiana, Whitney only despised Ludwik and Elaine. However, now that she found out about how Ludwik had destroyed Tiana’s family and how he completely ignored Elaine’s sins, Whitney’s hatred for Ludwik and Elaine soared through the roof.

was fixed on a

baby’s cry emerged from

The infant girl’s tender cries took

why are