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.

but you were gone. Florence told me you'd used that Brittainia businessman's connections to graduate

it. You'd dumped the baby on me because you didn't want

you didn't love this child, why did you give birth to her? I thought you were

I took her home. She was innocent. I spoiled Tina, gave her everything. But I

even

then... something happened

the first time,

expected that the girl who supposedly landed herself a Brittainia tycoon would end up, three years later, working

lost your memories. Completely. Didn't even recognize me. Honestly,

out to gently take her hand. "About half a year ago, when Whitney returned to the Valentine family when I started

realize-something was wrong with what I

that Brittainia guy? Or... maybe there never was a

my anger and got close

suspect she'd orchestrated the whole thing all those years

know if I