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.

If you know what’s good for you, you’ll sell Imperial Gem Corporation to us tomorrow or face

billion dollars in my belly. How do you like

nonchalantly stepping forward, his handsome features unable to overshadow

Ludwik, his eyes narrowed with deep cunning.

glanced at Keegan before turning to Orion, his smile sharp with

smart and sign over the company

him, eager to witness Ludwik’s

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the gun suddenly

turned white.

“Don’t do this, Ludwik Mother always said you were not

would not commit

mentioned I used

at her like a lover whispering sweet nothings. The been out of hell for a long time. Why turn me back

turned to ice.

with an emotionless smile. “Guess how I deal with your uncle? And the Tennyson family?”

whole being

a chilling dread. He wanted to

handed her

you doing? Ludwik! Don’t hurt

night as Whitney was thrust into a car. The tumultuous ride left her stomach in knots, and she vomited unaware of her

vehicle, the harsh sea breeze hit her chilling her to the

in the distance by the

emerged from a car behind her, his attention away from her as if she no longer existed. He approached her like a handsome devil against the

ordered the bodyguard Throw her in, no food or

Ludwik “Mr.

stunning features were intoxicating yet heartbreaking

voice cold and detached. Within a day, bankrupt Skye

Whitney stumbled backward, her legs giving out, her body encased

over her, his devilish

if fried, horror–stricken