Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

"Who the hell are you guys?" Sandy's eyes snapped open, and all she could see were blinding camera flashes going off in her face.

A bunch of strangers were crowded around her bed, shoving cameras at her!

Her head pounded like a freight train, and before she could even process what was happening, someone forcefully rolled her over.

A surge of panic shot through her fuzzy brain. It hit her-she was at Shane's place.

Last night...

But now there were reporters in the room!

"Don't touch me! Get out, all of you!"

Sandy's cheeks, still flushed from sleep, turned ghostly pale. She shoved away the man trying to grab her face and quickly bundled herself up in the sheets, desperately nudging Shane awake. "Shane, wake up! Shane, seriously, get up! There are reporters in your house!"

"Crap, they're awake," muttered the scruffy guy poking at Sandy. He jerked his chin at his buddy. "Get a few more shots of the girl's face, quick!"

"But George-something's off. This girl doesn't look right!" another guy blurted, staring at Sandy's exposed face. He slapped George on the arm, his expression changing fast. "She's not Emma's granddaughter! The old lady gave us a photo. She looks nothing like her!"

Sienna! She'd just been hiding under

possible? Are you Sienna or not?" George grabbed

go of me!" Sandy jerked away, her eyes wide and

stirred, his muscular arm sliding protectively around her as he woke up, his eyes narrowing at the mob of paparazzi crowding the bed. His voice was thunderous. "Who the hell let you into my house? Who do you think

who is this woman you slept with? She's not your fiancée," someone

nearest paparazzo and

there, stunned, as Shane lost

remaining seven or eight reporters went pale, their hands shaking around their cameras,

already uploading live! She's

cursed, quickly stowing his camera. "Call the newsroom,

it all down-this can't

lethal. "What the hell did you publish? Who told you

need to go-now. Killing the story is more important," one

several

right moment. Now that

Sandy, she stepped

took one

scene-Sandy huddled under the