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

the spacious villa the

the pair, her voice hoarse. “I’m sorry, Tiana, I came

breaking down. “We thought you were dead! Thank God Bryce got out… He managed to get word to me, and I knew you were

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

okay these three years,” Tiana replied with a

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

back you

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

the subsequent horrors that ensued like a flood of

at her with sorrow and anger. “Tiana, the three of us have ended up like

worse,” Tíana tried

years because of Elaine’s tyranny. How long will you keep hiding like

of yourself but also of Cherry and your parents. The Melford.Group was brought to its knees by a single word from Ludwik, and with Elaine

countless wrongs, and I refuse to

to save you, accusing you both of trying to slander her with a fake kidney donation, saying you deliberately went into early labor to

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family, and Elaine quietly ran them into

a massive debt. Tiana was so vilified that no

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

but to have the child, and to this day, after so many men

began to tremble, her face turning

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

me, too. I’ve

work, only to be

minions.

and the Melford family ended up hiding in

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

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

a tyrant;

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

had destroyed Tiana’s family and how he completely ignored Elaine’s sins,

fixed on a specific spot…

baby’s cry emerged from

tender cries

why are you awake