Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 762

"The last text on my sister's phone..."

Sawyer's voice was heavy with grief.

Whitney froze, completely taken aback. How could Audrey, with whom she barely had any connection, choose to send her a message in her final moments? It was utterly baffling.

What did she want to say about Bryce?

What about him?

Wait, why would Audrey mention Bryce right before she died?

Seeing Whitney's puzzled look, Sawyer's expression grew complicated. "My sister wanted to tell you something about Mr. Lutz. She had started to type 'Bryce' but... she never got to finish."

"I guess, at that moment, she must have realized or discovered something critical, prompting her to send you that message. It was a warning...

Otherwise, on the brink of death, she wouldn't have thought to message a stranger like you, Ms. Valentine. She would've called me or our parents to say goodbye...

But she didn't.

That means this message was something she believed was crucial for you to know."

Whitney felt her heart skip a beat.

Indeed, thinking back, Audrey's call wasn't for some trivial chit-chat. She had something important she wanted to share.

"Why is there only a screenshot?" Whitney asked, her curiosity piqued.

"The phone was handed over to the police. When we rushed to the scene from Banyan City, I was the first to check her phone. My family and Bryce saw it too. After finding the message, I took a screenshot and then deleted it." Whitney was taken aback that Bryce had also seen Audrey's phone.

Sawyer squinted, "Ms. Valentine, I deleted the message because I didn't want Bryce to see his name in my sister's last words. I don't know why she mentioned him in her dying moments.

She came to you yesterday, what did she want to say?"

expression cooling. "She didn't

froze. Audrey had scoffed, saying, 'What else about you and me...'

fixed on

"Bryce is... HS4"

presumably initials. H...

is the

was what Audrey intended

death

was in

"Your best friend Tiana

a flash, Whitney's face

looked up at Sawyer, "Did your sister ever mention Tiana

eyes flickered, and after a moment, he said, "Ms. Valentine, the reason I came to you today is that half a month ago, my sister suddenly asked me to find a detective. She wanted to investigate you and Tiana." Whitney was astonished, "Investigate

her boss's wife; why investigate you and your best friend? But she was headstrong,

wasn't purchased by our parents. Since she mentioned Bryce in her final moments, I wonder if this has something to do with Mr. Lutz?" Sawyer hinted darkly, "But Bryce is at the height of his power now, and our family, the Perlmans, relies on him in many ways. I dare

her final moments, Ms. Valentine,

my sister's

to believe it was merely a

she didn't manage to send out, what do

was engulfed in a cloud of

had been

seemed her knowledge of

before she vanished: "Whitney, wait a few more

had something to say and then suddenly

sinister force was

disappeared, another died... both without getting a chance

message Audrey tried

in her palms. Could Tiana's disappearance be related to

dark secrets about the Lutz

seemed shrouded

hat and mask, "Ms.

you probably feel something's off too, my sister was keeping tabs on