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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Whitney, who carefully observed Tiana

different from the spacious villa the Melford family

fell from Whitney’s eyes as she looked at the pair, her voice hoarse. “I’m sorry, Tiana, I came back too late. Tell me everything that’s happened to you in

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 have suffered so much

clenched her fists as she looked at Tiana. “My biggest

these three years,” Tiana replied with a placating

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

don’t be afraid. I’ll do everything I can to back you

understand the

horrors that ensued like a flood of wild beasts, causing her to shake her head almost

of us have ended up like this all because of Elaine Bartels.

her feel worse,”

in her eyes, insisted. “We’ve been cowards for three years because of

knees by a single word

and I refuse to believe that no

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

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family, and Elaine quietly ran them

massive debt. Tiana was so vilified that

taken her own life by then. What’s more despicable is that

but to have the child, and to this day, after so many men that night, we don’t know who the father is.”

face turning a ghastly

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

me, too. I’ve been

found work, only to

minions.

Melford family

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

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

a tyrant; her misdeeds were

City. All ruined, a scandal, an unwed mother, three years of ridicule, plummeting from the

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,

was fixed on a specific

a baby’s cry

tender cries took everyone

why are