Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 163

The driver fought with Keegan’s men, and in the midst of it, Keegan dragged Taryn out of the car

The evening was a blur of shadows and tension as Keegan abducted Natalie, speeding into the night.

“Aren’t you Whitney’s uncle? What the hell are you doing?” Natalie’s voice quivered with panic, her distress so acute she began coughing up blood.

Keegan, who had been firm in his grip on the woman in her fifties, recoiled in shock at the sight of the crimson stains on her handkerchief.

“Are you sick or something?” His voice was harsh and cold as he demanded an answer.

In her agitated state, Natalie’s coughs racked her body. She fumbled for her cell phone to call her son, but her hands shook too much, and the phone slipped into the crevice of the seat.

Clutching at her chest, she stuttered, “I can’t survive without my oxygen tank. I’m critically ill; why would you harm me? Where’s Whitney? Where is she?”

As Keegan’s gaze fell upon her frail frame, his face darkened with a grimace of dismay

“Mr. Tennyson,” his associate hesitated, “With her condition… do we continue?”

“Of course! Stick to the plan and split up!”

The car veered off onto a remote stretch of highway.

Whitney had been trapped in a pitch–dark villa without lights for a whole day.

The wails of the nocturnal sea breeze had tormented her until dawn, and as she endured another day, her stomach churned with hunger, and her unborn child shifted restlessly within her.

With a heavy heart, she soothed herself and the baby, her breaths shallow, tears streaming silently down her face.

He had been ruthless, leaving her to fend for herself in this desolation.

As night fell again, her phone flickered with a meager two percent battery life.

The signal by the sea was erratic, coming and going. Throughout the day, Whitney had been scrolling through the news about United Realty Corporation, reading about him being duped by his wife, about his assets transferred, about the shareholders‘ doubts, and about him being questioned by the police.

Considering all this was her uncle’s doing, and she was his accomplice, Whitney felt as though her heart was being sliced open.

How much more could he endure? Could she make amends and salvage their relationship?

Ludwik had

resonated from the villa’s rear

barely stood up when a figure

the darkness, Whitney recognized the voice and cautiously approached.

Tennyson’s assistant!”

raced as she asked

Tennyson kidnapped Ludwik’s mother! He was worried you were still in Ludwik’s clutches, so he sent me to get you. We need to go now!”

a chill drenching her

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so reckless?” She fumed in disbelief. The thought of Natalie’s condition made her heart bleed with

poor health. How can Uncle kidnap her?

geancel

arm, his voice tinged with anger, “Does Ludwik have any humanity? He kidnapped Ms. Yael first! Enough talk! The woman’s coughing up blood, frothing at the mouth,

could not be in

no time for hesitation.

Natalie, without her, there would be no hope

not call the police- it would be the end of

to pierce her heart, leaving her bleeding and exposed?

dripping with cold sweat, followed the assistant through the

another car was approaching

smirked as he watched Whitney drive away, making a call, “Elaine, Keegan’s men have

Whitney.”

to fake a distress call. Keegan still

as long as Whitney was implicated in Keegan’s kidnapping scheme, that

in dire health, Whitney would not think twice

police station, Nolan hurried inside with

a study of icy detachment. Despite the surroundings, his dignity remained unblemished,

could have walked free after the evening’s interrogation, but suddenly, the

him

filled with frigid sharpness. Cut off from the outside world, his watch and

hesitated, gripping his phone tight. The news was a mess, Ludwik had been accused of making two men vanish after a confrontation at the Joyful Manor banquet, all over an argument involving

Ludwik. It’s about Mr. Wendt and Dante, the two guys you told Parker to… Glancing at the police outside, Nolan frowned and changed

dredge up such an old affair? Who wanted