Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Whitney’s Facebook pinged.

Opening the app, she was horrified to see Roselyn had posted the photo in their college group with a scoffing caption,

[Come see the former campus queen with her thug boyfriend, caught in the act. She’s dining and dashing at Southern Elegance Club. Stay tuned for the live stream of her getting kicked out.]

The group exploded. Whitney had been a goddess on campus, secretly admired by numerous high society young men. Now, they recoiled as if they had swallowed flies.

[How’d she end up like this, with a thug?]

[I felt sorry for her after the kidnapping news, but she’s clearly promiscuous.]

with a thug? Spend a night

find out her price, will you?]

heard she’s pregnant. What’s she even worth? I’d say ten grand is

Whitney became the group’s

She pinched her face mockingly and said, “What’s with the act, darling? In the group chat, they’re

opposite frowned and looked over, causing

She strolled over with a sultry gaze and taunted, “Do you have any idea what this meal costs? Whitney is flat broke; she can’t

decent build. Consider this meal on

to trample her underfoot and show her

charity for me?” The man finally spoke, his voice chilling and

skipped a beat. Although she did not know L’s true identity,

Simon got it for her at the Southern Elegance Club. Whitney, I remember you used to come here for business, too. How come

eyes narrowed slightly at the sight of the black