Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1049

"Danny, it's totally cool for guys to play with dolls," Danny awkwardly tried to explain.

But Sammy just shot him a look, silently begging him to stop talking, to avoid making things worse.

Instead of responding to Whitney's anger, Sammy furrowed his brow in confusion. "Mom, how come you didn't knock before coming in?"

"You're blaming me for not knocking?" Whitney fumed.

This was too much for her, "Sammy, are you really talking back to me?"

"I'm not talking back. It's just, Mom, last time you were secretly listening from behind the garden gnome, and now you barge in without knocking. Don't you think Danny and I deserve a little privacy? Maybe you're being a bit too overbearing?" Sammy articulated his thoughts clearly.

Danny was sweating bullets for Sammy. Sammy, always the gentle and empathetic one, was actually standing up to their mom!

He knew Sammy was trying to protect a secret, but this was bold.

Sure enough, Whitney's usually gentle face darkened, a hurt look in her eyes. She pointed a finger at Sammy, "You think I'm too controlling? Sammy, you're just four, and now you think I'm smothering you?" "Mom, that's not what I meant," Sammy's brow softened.

But their mom's excessive surveillance was bound to uncover their secret sooner or later.

He had to stop her, to keep the secret safe.

His sister was undergoing critical treatment, her fate uncertain.

With their mom growing suspicious, they had refrained from visiting, anxious and distressed.

Dad was away handling more pressing matters, choosing to keep mom in the dark to protect her from breaking down or bearing the burden.

The three of them were carefully shielding her.

But mom, sharp as she was, grew suspicious, breeding mistrust among them.

This situation was tough on him and Danny. They didn't want to keep suspecting each other, so... provoking mom seemed like the only way out, counting on her pride to stop her from snooping around. As Sammy predicted, Whitney was livid.

tight, no longer smiling. "So, you're siding

think I'm

boys stay here at the Lippert family's house. I'll just go back to Delight

to argue. Think

turned and left

anxious, staring

troubled but didn't

about to rush after

he reached the door, Sammy pulled him back, his dark eyes serious yet deep, "Let

her bag, putting on her coat, and stepping out into the night. Soon, they heard the car drive away. "Mom!" Danny wanted to chase after her. "What do

bit his lip, also upset. He didn't want to upset their

need their own space right

of determination in his eyes, "Only if mom goes back to Delight Mansion can we sneak out

Danny suddenly turned, eyes wide, realizing the cunning behind Sammy's act. He couldn't help but scoff, "So you deliberately drove mom away." "It was

sister terribly, worried about

you miss her? In this desperate situation, without mom's care,

sadness. "With

plan it out," Sammy said, still

dad not around, they had to handle their sister's

-

house that night, she

a half month since she

her reclaim the Sheldon Group, driving away

health had significantly ne

treatments in

took him back to the Sheldon family's

home.

lady, upon learning about their second son's betrayal with Holly and their plot against Hudson to seize the Sheldon Group, could no longer favor Hugh, despite his disability, nor could Emma shield him any longer. Discovering Florence was the illegitimate daughter of Hugh and

was filled

Whitney returned the Sheldon Group to its rightful place, it opened Jared's eyes to who truly cared for Hudson. Whitney, the daughter once kept at arm's length, proved

As for Florence...

darling of the family, pampered by Emma and adored alongside Sienna Turner in the Sheldon household,