Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 176

The Imperial Gem Corporation had fallen into the clutches of that ruthless father–son duo? Whitney couldn’t believe the whirlwind of events, her anger boiling over.

“Ludwik’s being smeared with rumors of mental problem. The major shareholders will never reappoint him. A simple board meeting will see him ousted. After all, four hundred billion in liquid assets… it’s a lot to leave in his hands.” Tiana blabbered on without a filter.

Valerie’s eyes widened in warning, and Tiana instantly clammed up. But Whitney was lost in a daze.

Four hundred billion… In his downfall, she had inadvertently added to the momentum.

Without Imperial Gem, everything he had built from scratch was gone. What would he do now?

Whitney couldn’t picture the once–admired t reduced to nothing. Could he accept it himself?

She was deeply concerned for him. His sudden disappearance from the hospital, was he in hiding, was his mind unraveling?

“Tiana, can you use your contacts to find out where he is? His hysteria hasn’t healed, and this shock might trigger a relapse. I’m terrified he won’t recover…”

Tiana shook her head sympathetically, “I can’t find him. No matter how low Ludwik has sunk, his methods of keeping things under wraps are beyond my reach.”

“Whitney, don’t worry too much. He’s weathered many storms. Maybe he just needs some time to cool off? But you mustn’t go looking for him. Your situation is even more precarious,” Valerie said somberly after reviewing the medical reports.

Whitney knew her bleeding hadn’t stopped. She was bedridden.

“Let’s wait. A man like Ludwik isn’t the type to just roll over. Maybe he’s preparing his next move,” Tiana tried to stay optimistic.

Whitney believed he wouldn’t simply fade away, and all she could do was wait.

A week passed without any news from Ludwik, as if he had vanished from the earth.

Whitney was cooped up in her hospital room by Tiana, under strict orders to rest for the sake of her unborn child, living in a daze.

the restroom and when she tried to visit Natalie, she found Natalie’s room sealed off, no one allowed in.

this Ludwik’s doing? Whitney speculated dejectedly, where could he be?

the news was abuzz with his ascension as the new CEO of Imperial Gem.

Banyan City’s elite, also graced the pages

were indeed a family of three. She couldn’t fathom how Kaden could be so cruel to his own flesh and blood, to his lawful wife? But on

entrance onto the Stock Exchange in

in Amoria Country, and even Imperial Gem, a top global company, hasn’t achieved that distinction. Skyfaith could rival the world’s top tech firms. It’s frustrating, I’ve been

as Tiana rambled

scoffed with schadenfreude, “Skyfaith’s news has completely overshadowed Orion’s. He must be

Any machine, car, or electronic product needs a chip. It’s

“Tiana, my cousin Yael Tennyson,

hacking skills, but anything related to Ludwik, I just

for her cousin, but she knew if Ludwik

more days went

as Whitney was

from getting breakfast and suddenly announced, “I went upstairs to see the doctor and saw people in Natalie’s ward. They looked like they were preparing

of excitement lifting her from the bed. “Does

nodded, panting

was about to get out of bed

name on the screen made her heart race, her breath catching: Hubby

changed the contact

welled up, but she hid her joy, answering the phone with a

voice on the other end didn’t leave room for her words, “Meet me at the Ether Cafe downtown. There are

tone was almost devoid of

but before she could say

word, Ludwik had hung

the phone line, his breath was chillingly detached.

heart was filled with relief;

the documents were, he was