Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 159

“I overheard you talking the other day, and I couldn’t believe it – Ludwik really spoils you, doesn’t he? You’ve got access to all his liquid assets, and you can spend without limits, as long as it’s for something that looks legit. If you were to transfer funds to my account, Ludwik could trace it and take it back. But if you funnel it into one of the companies he’s already set to invest in, then it’s all above board.”

Whitney’s eyes widened in sheer panic, and her face drained of all color.

When had her uncle started scheming this?

Was it from the moment they first met and he heard about her having a black card? So that was why he insisted on a partnership with Ludwik using an offshore company.

Looking back and realizing the gist of it, she felt chilled to the bone.

With her signed contract in hand, and then redirecting Ludwik’s assets into an offshore company…

“No, Uncle. You can’t do this!”

But there was Keegan, sliding the card through the reader, with the bank manager overseeing the transaction..

“No!” Whitney’s eyes turned bloodshot as she stared at the frozen image of Ludwik’s handsome face on the TV screen, her scream tearing through the room. “You can’t swipe his funds now! He needs that money to get through this tough time. Uncle, this is robbery!”

Yet, the bank manager processed the transaction.

Keegan grabbed her hand to scan her fingerprint.

Whitney clenched her fingers tight, her body thrashing in the chair. Her heart felt as if it were being cleaved in two. She could not give her fingerprint; she could not sign her name, and she could not be the cause of Ludwik’s downfall. They had a future. They could still make it….

But her uncle forced her finger onto the fingerprint scanner.

The transaction was complete.

Dozens of receipts were printed out, each requiring her signature.

“Uncle, stop! This is theft! I’m begging you, I love him, I don’t want to harm him, please, no…!”

But Keegan held her trembling hand, forcing her to scribble her name on each slip.

She resisted with all her might, but she was pinned down, signing her name through tears.

Each signature felt like a blade, knowing it would soon cut into Ludwik.

Why was this happening?

clarity and could be

overjoyed, filled with ironclad hope.

crushing

to her as a sign

used to break his heart?

her head in despair. “Uncle, you

never be with him! This is what you should do! This is all our family’s

amount, and laughed. “Over 400 billion dollars and that’s just liquid

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ashen, veins standing out starkly,

not to comprehend. What was

Brother?

United Realty Corporation, Ludwik wrapped up a meeting that had successfully silenced the investors. He frowned as he entered his

PR department sought his opinion. “Mr. Lippert, the press is still buzzing. Do you want to visit the family of the man who jumped from the building?”

need.” Ludwik’s eyes were sharp as a hawk’s. “Call Felix

Felix rushed in, followed by the CFO of

was about to ask about the man who had jumped, his gaze

were swiped! The funds have been transferred overseas. We tried to freeze the account, but because it’s through Citibank, we couldn’t stop it in time, and now

Adam’s apple stopped momentarily. He knew exactly how much 400 billion dollars meant

His expression turned to ice, his

shaking, could hardly speak.

stood tall, his presence in the

swept the papers off his

shaking uncontrollably, and never had he found it so difficult to speak, his

“It was… Madam.”

Call her

he laid down the bank receipt, saying, “It’s true… Mr. Lippert, the black card could bankrupt

speechless. His striking features were suddenly as rigid as

the

chill seeping into his

unbearable

dollars because of Whitney, but because of how much he doted on her,

liquid assets,

not believe

like knives falling from the

as he asked, “Who paid

Ludwik knew the answer.