Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Whitney stood rooted to the spot, confused by his odd reaction.

It was a song she had composed a long time ago.

The man squinted his deep–set eyes, remembering the girl who had saved him. To calm his hysterical fits, she had hummed a soothing lullaby while performing acupuncture, which closely resembled this tune.

Suddenly, he asked again, “Are you trained in medicine?”

Whitney frowned. She had promised her mother to keep her knowledge of medicine a secret for self–preservation, so she had not revealed it to anyone except Tiana.

But why would he ask that?

“No,” she denied instinctively.

The profound ripples in the man’s eyes faded away.

He ended the conversation. “You should get some sleep. Leave everything else to me.”

was left with several questions in her mind but did

In the study.

intent. He called Nolan, his voice icy, “Here’s your chance to make amends. Take Whitney’s father

Ludwik, what did I do wrong?” Nolan was utterly

You misled me, made me misunderstand her… Just get it

hung up

time, in

could not sleep due to the

asked, “Whitney, I heard you were beaten up by some guys at the Imperial Garden Bar. What happened? Are

the night’s harrowing events, Whitney instinctively touched her stomach and

ordeal.

with a false pregnancy scare, and you were only defending yourself. Yet, he wanted to beat you to cause a

eyes narrowing. “Yvonne put him up to it. Monica wanted revenge. She released the video to cover up her own embarrassment with the scandal

competition.”

outrageous, just watch

Late at night.

were returning home from a social gathering when several motorcycles