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

so different from the spacious villa the Melford family once had. Tiana had been a princess.

fell from Whitney’s eyes as she looked at the pair, her voice hoarse. “I’m sorry, Tiana, I

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.

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

years,” Tiana replied with

and it made Whitney’s heart feel as if it had been

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

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

recalled that night three years ago and all the subsequent horrors that ensued like

of us have ended up like this all because

make her feel worse,” Tíana tried

her eyes, insisted. “We’ve been cowards for three years because of Elaine’s tyranny. How long will

a single word

wrongs, and I refuse to believe that no one can expose 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

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and Elaine quietly ran them into

them but also leaving them with a massive debt. Tiana was so vilified

care for her parents, she might have taken her own life by then. What’s more despicable is that she soon

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

turning a

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

too. I’ve been useless!

found work, only

minions.

and the Melford family ended up

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

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

Elaine, that woman was a

of the most eligible bachelors in Banyan City. All ruined,

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, Whitney’s hatred for Ludwik and

fixed on

a baby’s cry emerged from the bedroom.

The infant girl’s tender

“Sweetheart, why