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.”

Clutching her aching belly, she bit her lip till it bled, dragged out like a discarded doll

leaned against the wall, slumping down Felix please call

her sweater bulging

a corner clutching a shapeless bag.

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

how he loved the ones his mom made, but now I

with medical

the hospital room, he found Mr. Lippert, weakened after his outburst gasping for air, his fingers

Felix spoke. “Mr. Lippert, I thought I saw Mrs. Valentine near your room early this

a feigned smile, she said generously, “Ludwik, I was busy treating you all night, I didn’t notice if

me?” Ludwik’s features turned frosty

hurting his mother, he wouldn’t have collapsed. Yet, she showed no remorse, casting Elaine as the scapegoat. He was at his

been fooled by her too?” Ludwik glared at Felix, dismissing he words. I

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

a psychiatrist, but Ludwik insisted on leaving, aware of the hallway

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

sleep, received a taunting text from Elaine. Unfazed, she replied indifferently and turned

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

request, Valerie arrived, concern etched on

Valerie?” Whitney asked, weary from the relentless tide of misfortune.

crew tried to shield it, the reporters got wind of Mr. Lippert’s mental breakdown, and now