Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

"What the heck? What kind of stunt is Grandma pulling this time? She's lost her mind, humiliating us in front of the Nelson family like that." Hudson's face darkened with anger as he spoke.

He turned to Whitney. "She's really thinking of kicking you out? She's completely lost it!"

Whitney finally let her guard down in front of her father, her voice tinged with wry self-mockery. "Ever since Florence died, Grandma's hated me with a vengeance. She thinks you don't care enough about Florence's death, and now that you've handed over the reins of the Sheldon Group to me, she's terrified she'll lose her influence. That's why she's trying to use Sienna to control the Nelsons."

"As if the Nelson family would be so easily manipulated," she added, shaking her head.

"But don't worry, Dad. The Nelsons might be mad, but I've managed to keep Shane on our side."

"She's trying to marry Shane off to Sandy? He'd never cut ties with us over that," Whitney assured him.

Hudson blinked, clearly caught off guard. "He wants to marry Sandy?"

Whitney chuckled softly. "I'll explain that later. Right now, I'm guessing Grandma's threatening you with another one of her melodramatic suicide stunts?"

even talk her down. She's gone completely off the rails," Hudson

his marriage to Holly Walker, but he'd always let it slide because she was his mother. For the sake of the family, he'd

drag

Spoiling Florence and Sienna until they both ended up like this! Your grandma is short-sighted

security and go to the Sheldon house. If the Sheldon

listened to

for his support, but she couldn't help but worry. His health was

wants to make you feel

you don't want to get caught

I love you. Maybe it was selfish of me to make you CEO, but I

eyes shimmering with unshed tears. She quickly blinked them

Grandma wants to threaten you with her life, then threaten her right back-with Sienna's reputation. Sienna's been secretly seeing