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

from the spacious villa the Melford family once had.

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

you were dead! Thank God Bryce got out… He managed to get word to me, and I knew you were alive. These three years,

she feared giving herself away, her wings not yet fully grown. She clenched her fists as she looked at Tiana. “My biggest regret

okay these three years,” Tiana replied

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

I’ll do everything I can to back you up,

don’t understand the power

all the subsequent horrors that ensued like a flood

up like this all because

feel worse,” Tíana tried to interject.

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

your parents. The Melford.Group was brought to its knees by a

bitch has committed countless wrongs, and I refuse to believe

The next day, her photos spread throughout Banyan City, destroying her 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

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blacklisted the Melford family, and Elaine quietly ran them into the

debt. Tiana

she might have taken her own life by then. What’s more despicable is that she soon discovered

day, after so many men that night, we

face turning a

Anytime Nolan Fuller and I tried to help Tiana, Elaine would whisper in Ludwik’s ear, and the Fuller Group and our family would

threatening me, too. I’ve been

pregnant and desperate, somehow found work, only to

minions.

the Melford family ended up hiding

she wouldn’t even see

were living such stifled lives, tormented to this

that woman was a tyrant; her

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

about how Ludwik had destroyed Tiana’s family and how he completely ignored Elaine’s sins, Whitney’s hatred for

fixed on a specific

a baby’s cry emerged from the

tender cries

why are