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 and the

that was so different from the spacious villa the Melford family

at the pair, her voice hoarse. “I’m sorry, Tiana, I came back too late. Tell me everything that’s happened to you in these past

were 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 without

yet fully grown. She clenched her fists as she looked at Tiana. “My biggest regret is dragging you down with me! But

these three years,” Tiana replied with a placating smile, her

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

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

despair. “Whitney, you don’t understand the power

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

three of us have ended up like this all

her feel worse,” Tíana tried

eyes, insisted. “We’ve been cowards for three years because of Elaine’s

was brought to its knees by a single word from Ludwik, and with Elaine manipulating behind the

and I refuse to believe that

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 her with a fake kidney

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quietly ran them into

leaving them with a massive debt. Tiana was so vilified that no man would consider marrying

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

to this day, after so

tremble, her face turning a ghastly pale. “Stop talking!”

to her fate, and Elaine ruthlessly finished them off. Anytime Nolan

threatening me, too. I’ve

found work, only to be

minions.

Melford family ended up hiding in the streets, utterly

point where she wouldn’t even see

with a fiery red. Her friends were living such

a tyrant; her misdeeds were

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

destroyed Tiana’s family and

was fixed on a specific spot…

cry emerged from

The infant girl’s tender cries took everyone

in. “Sweetheart, why are you