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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observed Tiana and

the spacious villa the Melford family once had. Tiana had been a

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

Valerie finally snapped out 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 knew you were alive. These

She clenched her fists as she

say that. I’ve been okay these three years,” Tiana replied with

Whitney’s

do everything I can to back you up, to restore the Melford family’s glory,”

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

three years ago and all the subsequent horrors that ensued like a flood of wild beasts, causing her to shake her

have ended up like this all because of Elaine Bartels. You need to tell Whitney what you’ve been through.”

don’t make her feel worse,” Tíana tried to interject.

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

also of Cherry and your parents. The Melford.Group was brought to its knees by a single word from Ludwik, and with Elaine manipulating behind the scenes, you’ve been pushed to the brink of begging!

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

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Elaine quietly ran them into the ground,

Tiana was so vilified that no man would consider marrying 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

was no choice but to have the child, and to this day, after so many men that

to tremble, her face turning

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

too. I’ve been useless!

somehow found work, only to

minions.

and the Melford family ended up hiding in

even see me. I could only secretly

red. Her friends were

woman was a tyrant; her misdeeds

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

was fixed on

then, a baby’s cry

infant girl’s tender cries took everyone aback.

why