Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Sandy's eyes fluttered as she shook her head softly. "Shane, even if I lost all my memories, a person's nature comes from how they grow up. Do I look like the kind of woman who'd just throw herself at anyone?"

She let out a shaky breath. "I believe that back then, maybe Florence set me up again... You were so jealous, but you never really questioned me, never tried to get to the bottom of it!"

Shane pressed his fingers to his brow, his expression dark and heavy. "Sandy, I know. I've paid a huge price for being so impulsive back then. Years of regret.

I was young, full of pride. To be played by my own stepdaughter-I just couldn't take it.

I made up my mind to forget you, just disappear into the crowd, never look back.

But a year later, when I returned to Londinium, right outside my old apartment, I found a baby.

A baby girl, just left there. No note, nothing.

I took her to the hospital, got her checked out, found out exactly how old she was, even did a DNA test... Turns out, she's my daughter.

And then I thought of you.

rushed to your university, but you were gone. Florence told me you'd used that Brittainia businessman's connections to graduate early, and that you'd moved back home

dumped the baby on

love this child, why did you give birth to

spoiled Tina, gave her everything. But I never once mentioned you, her

want to see you ever again. I even swore, if

something happened that

and for the first time,

herself a Brittainia tycoon would end up,

you'd lost your memories. Completely. Didn't even recognize

bed, reaching out to gently take her hand. "About half a year ago, when Whitney returned to the Valentine family when I started courting her spotted you. You were so timid, always looking down, like life had just wrung you out.

and started to realize-something was wrong with what I

didn't you marry that Brittainia guy? Or...

got close

the whole thing

I hesitated I didn't know if I should