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.]

waste time with a thug? Spend a

her price, will

she even worth? I’d say

Whitney became the

was indifferent, something that Roselyn just could not stomach. She pinched her face mockingly and said, “What’s with the act, darling? In the group chat, they’re treating you like you’re auctioning yourself off at a

man opposite frowned and looked over, causing an

a sultry gaze and taunted, “Do you have any idea what this meal costs? Whitney is

a decent build. Consider this meal on me, and come with me.

to trample her underfoot

The man finally spoke, his

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

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

eyes narrowed slightly at the