Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 103

That damned woman, she just could not stay out of trouble. His gaze bore into Nolan, dark and stormy.

Nolan shivered, realizing every kind word he had ever spoken on Whitney’s behalf had gone to waste.

The man’s expressionless face gave nothing away as he strode forward with purposeful steps.

Nolan hurried to keep up, sensing Ludwik was about to explode, and whispered urgently, “Whitney must’ve been set up, man. With all the riffraff around tonight, why on earth would she be talking business? She’d be fawning over you instead, the big shot that you are. Plus, she’s pregnant. We need to get her out of there.”

Ludwik’s heart pounded with suppressed rage that quickly morphed into concern.

Hannah followed, fuming, praying her cousin would not manage to calm Ludwik down.

Elaine lagged behind, her phone vibrating silently. She slipped into a corner to answer it. Her assistant’s voice was frantic. “Elaine, we’ve got trouble. Bryce found the place, and he’s on his way there. I don’t know if Mr. Wendt had enough time to… you know, make Whitney lose the baby…”

Elaine’s brow furrowed.

Then, a sly smile crossed her lips, and she let out a soft, eerie chuckle. “Why is that bad news? Bryce showing up will only spice things up.”

This was turning into a show she would not want to miss!

Mr. Wendt was nothing compared to Bryce. The murderous look Ludwik gave Bryce at the party said it all.

Plus, Whitney, drugged and with three guys? That was going to be a scene to remember!

Excited, Elaine quickly followed the others.

Ludwik rechecked his phone. Why did that damned woman not call him for help? Or was it already too late for

her to even ask?

He pushed through the crowd, arriving at the ground floor guest room. As he raised his leg to kick the door down, it swung open.

“Whitney!” Ludwik stormed in, frowning.

a mess. Whitney leaned at the foot of the bed, her body limp and trembling, her gaze barely lucid through the confusion. Blood dripped from her lips, a sight both pitiful and seductive. Above her, a handsome young man leaned down.

and his smile wry.

fate has thrown us together tonight. I already gave you my jacket, and now I’m

over as he listened, his handcrafted leather shoes chilling

from a distance,

her heart jolt. She looked up only to meet his

imposing man at the

seemed to

let go of me…” Whitney’s voice quivered, sensing trouble.

was confused, but before he could release her, a force slammed into him, sending him

usually calm face turned cold. “And you are?”

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fixing his steely gaze on the woman in the

flashed a twisted smile. “So, you cry out

looks like,” Whitney stammered, her

she was drugged? Shaking, she

around her neck with a deceptive caress. Suddenly, his pupils shrank, and he pulled her up

used so much force that Whitney’s entire body ached, her mind

my woman needs to be saved

for words.

“Sir, I don’t know who you are, but Ms. Valentine

Whitney, Bryce attempted to get Whitney

find out. Are you

humiliation. Why did he have to tear her pride apart

his rough

he continued, “Enough, you

difficulty, “Mr. Lutz, I’m sorry that you had

made Ludwik’s eyes grow

she turned around and

there,” He called out.

toward her, he grabbed Bryce’s shirt, threw it on the floor, and stepped

ugly at the

a chilling touch, Ludwik draped his coat over Whitney’s shoulders