Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 67

She pushed him away in a fluster, her cheeks flushing with embarrassment, “Okay, enough already. I’ve been sitting here so long I’m practically boiling”

*Seems like our little Miss Denial has finally come around, huh?” The man’s thin smile was like a spider’s web, and his gaze seemed to ensnare her like a little bee unable to resist his charm.

Whitney was beside herself, her face aflame as she looked up at the towering man; her heartbeat skipped wildly out of rhythm.

There was no denying it–she was a little smitten.

A man like him–handsome, aloof, wrapped in an air of mystery and prestige, with a control that was measured and a wisdom that was cunning–what kind of woman wouldn’t be?

The man, who had a lethal magnetism, had come to her aid in her moments of need. His identity was a riddle yet his background was undeniably powerful.

The inner barrier Whitney had built was starting to crumble…

She turned to leave as her lips unwittingly curved into a smile, “All good now? So, I can go, right?”

But Ludwik swooped her up in his arms, “Consider this our first date. And maybe a little massage after this?”

Whitney gasped.

Why did a simple massage sound so salacious when he said it?

Whitney, facing a portrait of mature mischief, found herself carried into a stylish suite.

Two therapists were already there waiting.

Ludwik set Whitney down gently–being pregnant, she could only get a foot rub.

He, on the other hand, stretched out on the bed with a male therapist attending to him.

He must be tired because he said no more. It seemed that he was always falling asleep quickly whenever she was around.

Whitney quietly dismissed her masseuse and moved next to him, attempting to adjust his position. Even in sleep, his brows were knitted in tension. She instinctively wanted to smooth them out but then her fingers brushed against his silver mask. Her heart skipped a beat.

Now, getting this close was her best chance to unveil the mystery.

Just one look beneath the mask, and she would see his true face, discovering who he really was.

Her nerves were taut, but she hesitated not. She’d soon know if he was the real Ludwik, wouldn’t she?

mask, revealing a chiseled face with rising brows. But it was a face completely different from Ludwik’s! A scar marred his eye socket, and

tone was followed by a grip on her wrist, and he

flashed with a dangerous red hue, only softening when

is dangerous. And did you

her fear prompting a stammered explanation,

looked at. Don’t ever be this

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warning that he gave intentionally

voice was small with a

let her go and lay back down, his gaze cold and oceanic. He knew the girl would try something like this. He touched the mask on his face, hoping he’d managed the deception well. Noticing the silence beside him, he

the complex

pulled her close and softened his voice. “What’s the matter? You don’t like the

her head. It wasn’t that; she just hadn’t expected that he really wasn’t

she was relieved or

I’m ugly?” he

was speechless, “I haven’t even seen all of you, but

prominent, “Too bad, you’ve already agreed

negotiate, “L, if we’re going to date and try this marriage thing, aren’t you going to show me the

words from a clever

he pulled her onto his lap, his voice a deep caress, “All that’s superficial. Wouldn’t you rather feel

sure what ‘feelings‘ he referred to, her face

“Security, my dear, is something I can provide. I’ll let you get to know me, and as for my identity, you’ll find out the

want to duel him to death and abandon his kid the day

helplessly at the

this man too full

pouted playfully, “Then you might pray for God’s help to let you

like you need to be

his phone on the bedside table rang. The caller ID

rang persistently until Ludwik

overhearing Elaine’s panicked plea on the other end, “Bro, could you come over? Mr. Lutz is being terribly

but Ludwik, a veteran in the business world, had seen

you have someone with you?” he asked in a

out drunk. Bro, I didn’t want to trouble

The call abruptly ended.