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?

covering her face as tears breached

inside her seemed to sense the father’s words, moving desperately in distress.

Through her tear–blurred vision, she saw Elaine on the hospital bed, giving

Her uncle’s revenge, Elaine the opportunist, exploiting her uncle’s hatred to weave this intricate web.

heart broke at the

become a vegetable, how much must he be

her uncle’s kidnapping, none

kidney failure was no

weak

claimed her, and she collapsed

on the back of Whitney’s white coat,

18.20

shifting slightly.

exchanged

did you end up like this?” Someone pried open her parched lips and forced water

her eyes, the harsh white light blinding her

at risk of preterm labor due to trauma. The baby’s over five months along, and she’s been starving for

sorry, doctor, we’ve only

that Tiana’s voice? Whitney’s pale hand

Valerie

“My baby…

need to rest. The doctor said you’ve had several injuries, Tiana fretted, looking at

how could you 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

her face, Tm sorry How could I involve you in this? It’s

Later, when it was too late, she alone played the role of her uncle’s ‘accomplice‘ She couldn’t

No wonder you’ve been in such pain lately, and you wouldn’t tell us anything You and your uncle took such a wrong path, and now Ludwik’s mother is a vegetable. Did you really cause it? Nolan

the hospital forever made Whitney clutch her heart and take deep breaths. She shook her head in denial, “The night my uncle kidnapped Natalie, I went alone to save her,

a scoff, “I suspected as

feud, I can see that Whitney loves Mr. Lippert. She wouldn’t harm Natalie, either

too selfish to donate a kidney lightly. Unless there’s a huge benefit

her eyes tightly, Valerie had hit the nail on