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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actions pained Whitney, who carefully observed Tiana and the

the

hoarse. “I’m sorry, Tiana, I came back too late. Tell me everything that’s happened to you in these

breaking down. “We thought you were dead! Thank God Bryce got out…

not dare reach out; she feared giving herself away, her wings not yet fully grown. She clenched her fists

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

it made Whitney’s heart feel

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

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

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

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

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

because of Elaine’s tyranny. How long will you

parents. The Melford.Group was brought to its knees by a single word from Ludwik,

wrongs, and I refuse to

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 her with a fake kidney donation, saying you deliberately went into early labor to spite Ludwik. That jerk believed it all and turned against you with a vengeance.

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Elaine quietly ran them into the ground,

them but also leaving them with a massive debt. Tiana was so vilified that no

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

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

began to tremble, her face turning

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

threatening me, too. I’ve

work,

minions.

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

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

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

a tyrant; her misdeeds were absolute.

young and radiant; she should have had her pick of the most eligible bachelors in Banyan City. All ruined, a scandal, an unwed mother, three years

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 Elaine soared through

gaze was fixed on a specific spot…

cry

The infant girl’s tender cries took

in. “Sweetheart, why are you awake