Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 168

Ludwik stared at her, his heart perforated and bleeding from the night of the once beloved face that now caused him indescribable pain A pain that might never heal as long as he lived.

Once the heart empties, it hardens, turning cold and unyielding like bedrock, alicing through him with the chill of a bone–piercing wind. “My mother’s been miserable, thanks to you. Tos condemned to suffer for a lifetime You love me? That’s the cheapest, most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard!!

“Oh right,” he growled, capturing her tiny wrists and pinning her against the wall, his grip tightening on her

throat.

He leaned in, his voice a sneer of cold mockery, “Your uncle came for vengeance, thinking I’d killed your grandfather? Let me tell you, the day your mother and grandfather had that car crash, was the one who tried

I to save them, but I failed. There was never anything but normal discord between me and your grandfather. Are you satisfied now?”

Her heart felt pierced by countless swords, all stabbing her at once.

Whitney became rigid as stone.

In the sluggish recesses of her disbelief, only one thought circled: He had tried to save them.

That’s why her uncle saw the mask in the wrecked carl

Why? Why had it come to this?

After she had hurt him, only then did she learn the truth.

He had always been honorable, never a thief or usurper!

Why did fate play such cruel games? The gentlest cut of all was delivered by his hand.

Whitney clutched her chest, nearly fainting from the pain. Everything was lost, all was wrong.

Seeing her pain contorted face, Ludwik’s heart numbed a fraction.

He released her abruptly, hurling her away, his eyes bloodshot like a demon’s, “Get lost! I never want to see you again! There’s nothing left between us but hate.”

Hate?

her hands covering her face as tears breached her defenses, unstoppable.

her seemed to sense the

biting her tongue so hard she nearly suffocated from the pain. Through her tear–blurred vision, she saw Elaine on the hospital bed, giving

revenge, Elaine the opportunist, exploiting her uncle’s hatred to weave this intricate web. But she was not innocent.

heart broke at the

become a vegetable, how much must he be suffering?

kidnapping, none of this

was Elaine – Natalie’s kidney failure

to rise, kneeling at the doorway, desperately knocking, her voice weak and hoarse, “Ludwik, listen to me, please… I didn’t

claimed her, and she collapsed to

on the back of Whitney’s white coat,

18.20

shifting slightly.

exchanged

this?” Someone pried open her parched lips and

her eyes, the harsh white light blinding her

she’s been starving for three to four days. If she doesn’t

sorry, doctor, we’ve only just found her.”

hand immediately

Valerie

“My baby…

The doctor said you’ve

and your uncle… were you really seeking revenge for the Tennyson family? You’re so confused, how could you kidnap Natalie? And why didn’t you tell any of us? if we’d known, we would have

head, tears streaking her face, Tm sorry How could I

too late, she alone played the role of her uncle’s ‘accomplice‘ She couldn’t drag her

took such a wrong path, and now Ludwik’s

my uncle kidnapped Natalie, I went alone to save her, but Elaine ambushed me and took Natalie away. By the time I got to the

let out a scoff, “I suspected as much. Anything involving

just take Nolan’s word for it. We should side with Whitney. Even with a family feud, I can

she takes great care of herself. She’s too selfish to donate a kidney lightly. Unless there’s a huge benefit or scheme involved.”

closed her eyes tightly, Valerie had hit the nail