Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

“Spit on them, boys! Break this old fool!” They shouted.

After having their fun, the assailants left, cursing as they went.

Yvonne, her beauty marred, spoke with venom yet dared not curse, “Sir, who were they? They seem to be ordinary thugs, but we haven’t crossed anyone like them recently!”

A realization struck Preston. “It’s Whitney… Didn’t she get mixed up with some riffraff? Tonight, I tricked her into a miscarriage, and she got them to retaliate! The ungrateful wench. And it’s your fault for that rotten idea, making me please Monica by getting rid of her child!”

Yvonne replied with cold resentment, “I was just trying to keep Monica happy for Simon, okay? If we get rid of Whitney, we keep control of the company.”

She kept babbling as Preston was busy calling an ambulance.

Then, looking at the news on his phone, Preston’s face turned pale as a sheet.

[Breaking News: The Valentine Corporation’s CEO’s wife, a former adult film star!]

[High society lady, Yvonne Valentine, involved in explicit videos, supported by wealthy businessmen.]

[Preston Valentine, the fall guy.]

screen shone brightly; Yvonne saw it too

purple with anger, received a mocking text from a business tycoon, [Preston, your wife’s trending! Was she really an adult film star? No wonder

infuriated Preston, who was

his ragged breathing, Yvonne said guiltily,

so many sordid affairs in the past? Now they’re out

It’s too coincidental tonight. We tried to take

a fall guy? Get out!” Preston, spitting blood in anger, immediately called The Valentine Corporation’s

high the next day as if

The next day.

awoke and saw the news, her first thought

it was me. I dug up

got beaten up by some gang and ended up in the

who the good Samaritan was who avenged you? So

Beaten up by

thoughts drifting to last night

me.”

slight smile curved her lips. Despite his misunderstanding of

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