Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 175

Ludwik’s eyes flashed with a second of shock before plummeting into the abyss of rage.

He grasped her slender neck with an icy grip, pinning her against the wall anger lending him a violent edga

Through gritted teeth, he seethed, “Even with death breathing down your neck, you show no remorse, pushing every mistake onto Elaine ”

Shaking his head with a cold laugh, he declared, “Whitney I won’t believe another word you say. Tve paid my dues.”

Whitney stared blankly, tears streaming down her face as he abruptly withdrew his hand as if touching her was

akin to filth.

The pain in his eyes, those words Tve paid my dues, utterly defeated her

What could she say? He didn’t believe her, stubbornly choosing to trust Elaine’s feigned warmth, now his sole comfort.

He had no trust left for her.

“Felix, take her away. From now on, unless I say otherwise I dont want her within my sight!” he commanded, pressing his temples fiercely

Felix hurried in, awkwardly pulling Whitney away. “Miss Ms. Valentine, please Mt. Lippert’s just starting to get better, don’t provoke him further.”

temper anymore. Clutching her aching belly, she bit her lip till it bled,

out, she leaned against the wall, slumping down

beaded on her forehead, Felix noticed her sweater bulging cody

the ghostly white woman crouched in a corner clutching a shapeless bag. stuffing its contents into her mouth, choking on

woes despite the deep wounds she’d inflicted on the boss. He intervened, “Don’t do

me last night how he loved the ones his mom made, but now I can’t even give them to him, Felix, what dolog. “Her tears flowed like those of a

turmoil, saw Tiana with medical staff, helping the

weakened after his outburst gasping for air, his fingers digging into his

saw Mrs. Valentine near your room early this morning: did

room? With a feigned smile, she said generously, “Ludwik, I was busy treating you all night, I didn’t notice if anyone was at the door Maybe

me?” Ludwik’s

have collapsed. Yet, she showed no remorse, casting Elaine as the scapegoat. He was at his limit with her.

at Felix, dismissing he words. I hear

the cookies and what Whitney had said to him, but fearing

Felix suggested a psychiatrist, but Ludwik insisted on leaving, aware of

the hospital, Elaine ordered her assistant Jaxon to erase the surveillance footage, eliminating.

after waking from a restless sleep, received a taunting text from Elaine. Unfazed, she replied indifferently and turned off

these made into

Valerie arrived,

Whitney asked, weary from the

mince her words, “Last night, Kaden and Orion were holed up at the hospital for hours on end. No matter how much Ashton and his crew tried to shield it, the reporters got wind of Mr. Lippert’s mental breakdown, and now it’s all over the news. Ludwik