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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who carefully observed Tiana and the

from the spacious villa the Melford family once

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 these past

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 have suffered so much without

not yet fully grown. She clenched her fists as she looked at Tiana. “My biggest regret is dragging you down with me! But this

been okay these three years,” Tiana replied

and it made Whitney’s heart feel as if it had

Tiana, don’t be afraid. I’ll do everything I can to back you

the power of Ludwik Lippert, the influence of the Bartels family…”

ago and all the subsequent horrors that ensued like a flood

like this all because of

her feel worse,”

for three years because of Elaine’s tyranny.

only of yourself but also of Cherry and your parents. The Melford.Group was brought to its knees by a single word from Ludwik, and with

committed countless wrongs, and I refuse to believe that no one can expose

visit to the sanitarium to save you, accusing you both of trying to slander her with a fake kidney donation, saying you deliberately went into early labor to spite Ludwik. That jerk believed it all

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quietly ran

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

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

to this day, after

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

fate, and Elaine ruthlessly finished them off. Anytime Nolan Fuller and I tried to help Tiana, Elaine would whisper in Ludwik’s ear,

me, too.

desperate, somehow found work,

minions.

was broken, and the Melford family

where she wouldn’t even see me. I could

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

a tyrant; her misdeeds

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

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

fixed on a specific spot…

baby’s cry emerged from the

infant girl’s tender cries took everyone

“Sweetheart, why are you awake