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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carefully observed

villa the Melford

voice hoarse. “I’m sorry, Tiana, I came back too

got out… He managed to get word to me, and I knew you were alive. These three years, Whitney,

her wings not yet fully grown. She clenched her fists as she looked at Tiana. “My biggest regret is dragging you down

these three years,” Tiana replied with a

Whitney’s heart feel as if it had been pierced.

everything I can to back you up, to restore

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

like a flood of wild beasts, causing her to shake her head almost immediately.

up like

feel worse,” Tíana tried to

“We’ve been cowards for three years because of Elaine’s tyranny. How long will you keep hiding like a mouse?

of Cherry and your parents. The Melford.Group was brought to its knees by a single word from

I refuse to believe that

reputation overnight. Elaine twisted the story of Tiana’s 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

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quietly ran them into the

debt. Tiana was so vilified that no man

not needed to care for her parents, she might have 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 ever conceiving

the child, and to this day, after so many men that night, we don’t know

to tremble, her face turning a ghastly pale.

Nolan Fuller and

me, too. I’ve been

pregnant and desperate, somehow found work, only to

minions.

will was broken, and the Melford family ended up hiding in

point where she wouldn’t even see me. I could only secretly buy some baby formula for Cherry and pick

friends were living such stifled lives, tormented

a tyrant; her misdeeds were

Banyan City. All ruined, a scandal, an unwed

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,

fixed on a

cry

infant girl’s tender cries took everyone aback.

rushed in. “Sweetheart, why are you awake