Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1097

Whitney barely had time to explain. She felt the urgency of the moment pressing down on her like a heavy weight.

Ludwik's hunch had been spot on. Her grandfather's grave had been disturbed as

well.

This proved that the trail to her mother might lead her by just a step.

Her hope was to intercept her mother in Banyan City, reunite with her, and finally reveal the truth-that she had been deceived by others!

Supporting Keegan, she helped him into the car. The night was as dark as ink, the oppressive atmosphere mirroring Whitney's anxious and intense state of mind.

It wasn't long before Whitney reached the Valentine family mansion.

She ran ahead, instructing the bodyguards to keep a close watch on her uncle. Her eyes, cold and piercing, scanned the decrepit, unlit gates of the mansion. It seemed that over the past three years, Preston and Yvonne had gotten their just deserts.

Pushing open the gate, she noticed an old car parked in the front yard.

A dim light flickered in the living room.

Voices echoed inside!

boldly stepped inside, hoping that there were more than just

sound of a heated argument reached her

in fear, "Do you think I wanted to find you? If it weren't for her coming back, I

but where

face twisted with anger and impatience. "There's no one here! Have you

speaking nonsense! When I went to find you this afternoon, I felt like someone was following

into the room, demanding, "Yvonne, Preston, who

"Ah... Parisa!"

and her already shaken nerves made Yvonne jump at the sight of Whitney. On closer inspection, it wasn't her mother, but Yvonne's eyes

Whitney, why are

her eyes, demanding, "Why am I back? Did you mistake me for my mother? So she's really alive and has been here? What did

demeanor made Yvonne

room, surprised to see

second-floor landing, a

concealed in

whisper, "Mr. Lutz, we have a situation. A young woman has joined the