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 Tiana and the

was so different from the spacious villa the Melford family once had. Tiana had

as she looked at the pair, her voice hoarse. “I’m sorry, Tiana, I

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

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

years,” Tiana replied

down and afraid, and it made Whitney’s heart feel

I’ll do everything I can to back you up, to restore the Melford family’s glory,” Whitney said with heartache.

don’t understand the power of Ludwik Lippert, the influence

subsequent horrors that ensued like a flood of wild beasts,

like this all because of Elaine Bartels. You need to tell Whitney what

make her feel worse,” Tíana tried

for three years because of Elaine’s tyranny. How long will

brought to its knees by a single word from Ludwik, and with

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

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

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

massive debt. Tiana was so vilified that no man would consider

own life by then. What’s more

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

began to tremble, her face turning a

hold her, “Ludwik abandoned her to her fate, and Elaine ruthlessly finished them off. Anytime Nolan Fuller and I tried to help Tiana, Elaine would whisper in

was threatening me, too. I’ve been useless!

and desperate, somehow found work, only to be

minions.

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

giving birth to her 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

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

a

pick of the most eligible bachelors in Banyan City.

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

on

then, a baby’s cry emerged from

mommy…” The infant girl’s tender cries took

rushed in. “Sweetheart, why are