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.”

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

she leaned against the wall, slumping

on her forehead, Felix noticed her sweater bulging cody and didn’t dare delay, dialing

back after the call, he saw the ghostly white woman crouched in a corner clutching a shapeless bag. stuffing its contents into

lady’s unspoken woes despite the deep wounds she’d inflicted on the boss. He intervened, “Don’t do this, it’s

she sobbed, he told me last night how he loved the ones his mom made, but now I can’t even give them to

in turmoil, saw Tiana with medical staff, helping

found Mr. Lippert, weakened after his outburst gasping for

spoke. “Mr. Lippert, I thought I saw Mrs. Valentine near your room early this morning: did she come in

bathroom, cursed internally, had Felix seen Whitney leaving the room? With a feigned smile, she said generously, “Ludwik, I was busy

laugh at me?” Ludwik’s

no remorse, casting Elaine as the

Felix, dismissing he words.

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

insisted on leaving, aware of

the hospital, Elaine ordered her assistant Jaxon to erase the surveillance footage, eliminating. any hint of Whitney’s role

waking from a restless sleep, received a taunting text from Elaine. Unfazed,

Whitney said weakly, penning a list of herbs, “get these made into pills

request, Valerie arrived, concern

from the relentless tide

end. No matter how much Ashton and his crew tried to shield it, the reporters