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

out her price, will you?]

heard she’s pregnant. What’s she even

Whitney became

expression 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

looked over, causing an inexplicable drop in

over with a sultry gaze and taunted, “Do you have any idea what this meal costs? Whitney is flat broke; she

“You’ve got a decent build. Consider this meal on me,

snatch Whitney’s so–called ‘thug boyfriend, to trample her underfoot and show her up in the alumni

The man finally spoke, his voice chilling

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

flashed a black card, her eyes mocking Whitney. “This is Monica’s black card. Simon got it for her at the Southern Elegance Club. Whitney, I remember you used to come here

at the