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.”

aching belly, she bit her lip till it bled, dragged out

she leaned against the wall, slumping down Felix

Felix noticed her sweater

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

pitying the lady’s unspoken woes despite the deep wounds she’d inflicted on the boss.

he loved the ones his mom made, but now I can’t even give them to him,

saw Tiana with medical staff,

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

I thought I saw Mrs. Valentine near your room

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

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

too?” Ludwik glared at Felix, dismissing he words. I hear

cookies and what Whitney had said to him,

but Ludwik insisted on leaving, aware

to erase the surveillance footage, eliminating. any hint of Whitney’s role in saving Ludwik.

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

herbs, “get these made into pills and somehow get Ludwik

Tiana left to fulfill the request, Valerie arrived, concern etched

from the relentless tide

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