Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 161

As Elaine’s eyes darted with malice, she lashed out with feigned distress. “Whitney, I can’t believe your ambition. knows no bounds. To seize control of Ludwik’s Imperial Gem Corporation, you’ve plotted from the start. You knew who he was, laid in wait, colluding with your uncle and Orion… You…”

She turned to Ludwik, her voice dipped in venom. “Remember how everyone whispered that Whitney getting pregnant was a calculated move? Even you had your doubts. Guess it was not just idle gossip, huh? Maybe she planned to ensnare you from the get–go, to make you fall for her!

Think about it: why else would she push me out? Why did she ‘coincidentally‘ land a job at your company? It was all premeditated, an inside job!

She’s a CEO, Ludwik. Think about it–cold, calculating. We’ve all been played by her game!”

Her words ignited a storm in Ludwik’s icy gaze.

He sneered at Whitney, his laughter cold and piercing. “So, the child was step one in your master plan? All an act from the start.”

“No, Ludwik, my uncle only came back later…

Whitney’s heart sank. She knew Elaine was manipulating the situation, pushing Ludwik’s buttons, painting her love as a sinister plot.

But faced with the evidence before him, her pleas seemed hollow.

Ludwik’s laughter was bitter as he toyed with a gun, his gaze fixed on her. “I brought you into my company to protect and cherish you. You pushed out Elaine and wormed your way in with the intent to stab me in the heart.”

His pride had always been unassailable, and now he was at his most vulnerable.

All because he had fallen for a woman. The irony of his misplaced trust was not lost on him.

He raised the gun to her head.

Whitney turned pale. Her heart felt like it was being torn apart, petal by petal, bleeding out. In her pain, she thought bitterly that at least he must be hurting too.

His sincere love had been trampled, his proposals and pleas a joke. He was in pain.

She deserved to die.

“What are you doing?” Keegan finally burst in, his glare fixed on Ludwik. Confined to a wheelchair, he was at a clear disadvantage.

His hatred was palpable. “Let Whitney go! You ruined the Tennyson family, and we’re just reclaiming what’s

ours.

good for you, you’ll sell Imperial Gem Corporation to us tomorrow or

belly. How do

stepping forward, his handsome features unable

at Ludwik, his eyes

Keegan before turning to Orion, his smile sharp

smart and sign

a contract at him,

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the gun suddenly pointed at him!

turned

this, Ludwik Mother always

would not

I used to be a

gaze softened momentarily as he looked down at her like a lover whispering sweet nothings.

turned

her head, and he watched her with an emotionless

face was ashen, her whole being

had the upper hand, Keegan suddenly felt a chilling dread. He wanted to rush forward

turned and handed her to a

Ludwik!

car. The tumultuous ride left her stomach in knots, and

thrown from the vehicle, the harsh sea

darkened villa loomed in the

if she no longer existed. He approached

bodyguard Throw her in, no food or water

voice trembling. Felix dared to remind Ludwik “Mr. Lippert Madam is with

mask, Ludwik’s stunning features were

voice cold and detached. Within a day, bankrupt

her legs giving out, her body

the darkness, he towered over her, his devilish smirk audible. Keegan has

fried, horror–stricken