Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 178

Chapter 178

Whitney cradled her burgeoning belly, her hands trembling as she felt the baby’s frantic movements inside her. Tears streamed down her face as she whispered hoarsely, trying to comfort her unborn child, “Daddy didn’t mean it, sweetheart, be still. You didn’t hear anything”

She could barely breathe, his words had cut too deep, the pain was unbearable.

Watching him stride away from the table, his silhouette resolute, Whitney couldn’t hold back any longer. She stood up, sobbing. “Ludwik, did you hear that? You don’t want it, but it’s moving, it’s scared, it’s hurting, it’s in so much pain…”

ith a sense of defeat, she slumped to the floor, cold sweat beading on her forehead like a sudden downpour

Ludwik paused, his fists clenched tight with tension. Hearing the sound of her fall, he couldn’t resist turning

back

“Ah! Ludwik it hurts so much. “Far away, Elaine’s voice pierced the air with sudden pain.

“Elaine” Ludwik’s concern flared, leaving no room for Whitney in his gaze. He rushed to Elaine’s side.

Holding Elaine tenderly, he said, “Don’t worry. Ill take you to the hospital. Just hold on.”

Tve only got one kidney left what if I can’t make it, Ludwik, what if I just… die?”

Don’t be foolish, that won’t happen.” His voice was firm, resolute

Whitney watched eyes wide, as he cradled Elaine with such worry, rushing her out the door.

She didn’t miss the mocking victorious glance Elaine shot over his shoulder. And there she lay on the floor, unable to nse as if stranded in an Arctic expanse, unnoticed and unseen by him.

Ludwik placed Elaine in the car and sped towards the nearest hospital.

Blaine lay in the backseat, her face ashen.

A week ago. Ludwik had left the hospital unwell, and Elaine, concerned, had followed him abroad without proper rest, exacerbating her condition.

A flicker of guilt crossed Ludwik’s face as he focused on the road.

Elaine quietly

message to her mother: Have you

hospital are you heading to?] Delphine

she put away her

room, his face grim as he explained, “She

admitted for

his lips together.

big deal, I just need some rest… Doctor, can you arrange a room for me?” Elaine said with a

payment,” the doctor said, turning to Ludwik’s

a silent promise to take care of

complex payment procedures and returned, an hour

he saw his assistant standing at the door

Ludwik asked as he

when the sound of intense sobbing erupted from

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donate a kidney? That’s one

others about what you did, and it seems of Emperor

find a husband now, half–alive as you are? You’ve ruined

it be, the kidney’s already gone to Ludwik’s mother. Elaine loves the boy deeply,

our daughter! How will she live, dependent on others, her life in danger at any moment? Who will take care of her? Ludwik

understanding, interjected, “Ludwik is taking care of me, Mother. Don’t misunderstand him.

care. You saved him and his mother; he should marry

I don’t want to put him

trouble you’re in, my dear child” Delphine cried again.

daughter embraced, each shedding tears, while Zane paced

helplessly at his

unreadable, his emotions hidden in the depths of

of emotion, “I apologize. I will

the room, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

she looked up, her voice weak, “Ludwik, are you

his temples and

with Ludwik, approaching him with a mix of gratitude and

hearing you say that puts my mind at ease.” Zane, too, was content, “Shall we step outside for

a twinge of irritability, followed by a cold laugh. He knew he’d

who it was.

nodded and stepped

door closed, Delphine and Elaine exchanged knowing smiles, their

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