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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who carefully observed

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

I came back

got out… He managed to get word to me, and I knew you were alive. These three years, Whitney, you must have

reach out; she feared giving herself away, her wings not yet fully grown. She clenched her fists as she looked at Tiana. “My biggest regret is dragging you down with me!

years,” Tiana replied with a placating

Whitney’s heart feel as if it

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

you don’t understand the power of Ludwik

ago and all the subsequent horrors that ensued like a

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

her feel worse,” Tíana tried to

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

only of yourself but also of Cherry and your parents. The Melford.Group was brought to its knees by a single word from Ludwik, and with Elaine manipulating behind the scenes, you’ve

has committed countless wrongs, and I refuse to believe that

humiliated. 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

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Elaine quietly ran them

them with a massive debt. Tiana was

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

day, after so many men

turning a ghastly pale.

finished them off. Anytime Nolan Fuller and I tried to help Tiana, Elaine would

too. I’ve been useless!

somehow found work, only to be suppressed by

minions.

broken, and the Melford family ended up hiding

increasingly wary, to the point where she wouldn’t even see me. I could

were living such stifled

that woman was a tyrant; her misdeeds were

radiant; she should have had her pick of the most eligible bachelors in Banyan City. All ruined, a scandal, an

about how Ludwik had destroyed Tiana’s family and how he completely ignored Elaine’s sins, Whitney’s hatred for Ludwik and Elaine soared

was fixed on

a baby’s cry emerged

girl’s tender cries

immediately rushed in. “Sweetheart, why are you