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

from the spacious villa the Melford

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

finally snapped out of her daze and 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. These three years, Whitney, you must

She clenched her fists as she looked at Tiana. “My biggest regret is dragging you down with me! But this isn’t over.”

three years,” Tiana replied with a placating smile, her gaze evasive.

made Whitney’s heart feel as

everything I can to back

understand the power of Ludwik

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

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

make her feel worse,” Tíana tried to

three years because of Elaine’s tyranny. How

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

wrongs, and I refuse to believe that

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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Melford family, and Elaine quietly ran

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

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 unique condition meant that terminating the pregnancy would prevent

child, and to this day, after so

to tremble, her face turning a

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

was threatening me, too.

found work, only to be suppressed

minions.

was broken, and the Melford family ended up hiding in the streets, utterly

giving birth to her child, Tiana became increasingly wary, to the point where she wouldn’t even see me. I could only secretly buy some baby formula for Cherry

were living such stifled lives, tormented to

woman was a tyrant; her misdeeds were

Banyan City. All ruined,

that she found out about how Ludwik had destroyed Tiana’s family and how he completely ignored Elaine’s

gaze was fixed on a

then, a baby’s cry

mommy…” The infant girl’s tender cries took everyone

immediately rushed in. “Sweetheart, why are you awake already?”