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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actions pained Whitney, who carefully observed Tiana and

that was so different from the spacious villa the Melford

looked at the pair, her voice hoarse. “I’m sorry, Tiana, I came back too late. Tell me everything that’s happened to you in

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

reach out; she feared giving herself away, her wings not yet fully grown. She clenched her fists

okay these three years,” Tiana replied with a placating smile, her gaze

looked worn down and afraid, and it made Whitney’s heart feel as if it had

don’t be afraid. I’ll do everything I can to back you up, to restore the Melford

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

subsequent horrors that ensued like a flood of wild beasts, causing her to shake her head

and anger. “Tiana, the three of us have ended up like this all because of Elaine Bartels. You need to tell Whitney

her feel worse,” Tíana tried to

her eyes, insisted. “We’ve been cowards for three years because of Elaine’s tyranny. How long will

Melford.Group was brought to its knees by a single word

has committed countless wrongs, and I refuse to

story of Tiana’s visit to the sanitarium to

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quietly ran them into the ground, not just

Tiana was so vilified that no man would consider marrying her.

for her parents, she might have taken her own life by then. What’s more despicable

child, and to this day, after so many men that night, we don’t know who the father is.”

face turning

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

threatening me, too. I’ve been

desperate, somehow found work,

minions.

was broken, and the Melford family ended up hiding

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 up some household necessities.”

blazed with a fiery red. Her friends were living such stifled lives, tormented

a tyrant; her misdeeds were absolute.

radiant; she should have had her pick of the most eligible bachelors in Banyan City. All ruined, a scandal, an

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.

gaze was fixed on a

a baby’s cry emerged

girl’s tender cries took everyone aback.

immediately rushed in. “Sweetheart, why