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 small two–bedroom

villa the Melford family once had. Tiana had

she looked at the pair, her voice hoarse. “I’m sorry, Tiana, I came back too late.

Bryce got out… He managed to get word to me, and I

she feared giving herself away, her wings not yet fully grown. She clenched her fists as she looked at

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

and afraid, and it made Whitney’s heart feel as if it had been pierced.

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

understand the power

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

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

worse,” Tíana tried to

because of Elaine’s tyranny.

knees by a single word from Ludwik, and with Elaine manipulating behind the scenes, you’ve been

bitch has committed countless wrongs, and I refuse to believe

humiliated. 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

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and Elaine quietly ran

Tiana was

her in a daze, and if she had 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

was no choice but to have the child, and to this day, after so many men that night, we don’t know who the

her face turning a ghastly

lip but continued to 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 Ludwik’s

threatening me, too. I’ve been

and desperate, somehow found work, only

minions.

all this, Tiana’s will was broken, and the Melford family ended up hiding in the streets, utterly ruined.

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

red. Her friends were living such stifled lives, tormented to this

that woman was a tyrant;

should have had her pick of the most eligible bachelors in Banyan City. All ruined,

Tiana, 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

gaze was fixed on

baby’s cry emerged from the

infant girl’s tender cries took everyone aback.

why are