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?"

head, her expression cooling. "She didn't make it clear

'What else about you and me...' The only link between Audrey and her

fixed on

"Bryce is... HS4"

presumably initials. H...

the cause

be that was what Audrey intended to

of death for

was

yesterday: "Your best friend Tiana

flash,

Sawyer, "Did your

moment, he said, "Ms. Valentine, the reason I came to you today is that half a month ago, my

puzzled. I didn't understand her motives. You're her boss's wife; why investigate you

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, I

my sister's

to believe it was merely a car

letters she didn't manage to send out, what do they

engulfed in a cloud of

been investigating Tiana?

her knowledge of Tiana's disappearance wasn't

told her just days before she vanished: "Whitney, wait a few more days, I have something

Audrey... who had something to say and

like a sinister force was

both without getting a chance to

now, the last message

moment, Whitney felt a chill in her palms. Could

Audrey uncover some dark secrets about

name now seemed shrouded

his hat and mask, "Ms. Valentine, my sister's last attempt to communicate was with

my sister