Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 190

Her pale skin was exposed, and she shivered, though it was unclear if it was from the cold or his scolding.

Red–eyed, she tried to explain again, “I didn’t go seeking a deal with Skye Gem Ltd. My manager rushed into that boozy mess by mistake. It was Elaine who told me you’d be at the Oceanus Hotel today. ! thought you were in trouble, I just came to bring you medicine!”

She hurled the pill at his face in anger, feeling powerless and seething,

“Take out all your frustrations on me, but does Skye Gem Ltd. deserve to die? So many employees are counting on their paychecks. Even if I did flirt to secure a deal tonight, it would be because you forced me.”

Ludwik’s eyes reddened as he grasped her forcefully, backing her into a corner, “So you admit you using your body to negotiate deals there? You come home wearing Bryce’s clothes, and you expect me to trust you? We’re not divorced yet, don’t forget who you belong to!”

He roared, only noticing where his hand was when he looked down. Her skin was soft and even more delicate with pregnancy, her beautiful body had thinned, accentuating her swollen belly.

Just the thought of the men tonight, looking at her, calling her a beautiful expectant mother…

Ludwik felt a jealous rage ignite within him, fueled by the alcohol.

Her tenderness, and the physiological longing, swept away his reason in the tide of intoxication.

Ludwik took a deep breath, his actions outpacing his thoughts as he spun her around and pinned her against the edge of the bathtub, his lips twisted into a cruel smirk as he planted biting kisses on her neck, taunting, “Let’s see who’s better, me or Bryce?”

Meine letting

Whitney tensed, recognizing the humiliation in his act, and slapped him across the face in response.

Trying to snap him out of it, tears shimmered in her eyes, “Ludwik, you’re despicable! After letting those men verbally assault me, how could you…”

Bryce was right; there was indeed something more demeaning.

Did he have any idea what she had endured tonight?

A helpless pregnant woman, scared out of her wits, did he even know?

Whitney trembled, opening her mouth to accuse him but found herself too angry to speak.

Ludwik looked at her watery, vulnerable expression, feeling only a desire to ravage her further. And her slap only

fervent, “I’ll show you

want to talk about a deal?” He avoided her lips, no longer kissing, his hand covering her

enduring his

in pain, fearful that struggling too much might harm the

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endure the tempest he unleashed upon her.

despair, she let out a bitter laugh, stating her condition, “If you must do this… then let my

mockery by her ear, “You’re so

loved deeply, yet he no longer

in bed. Her body was in pain and

daddy had stopped his rampage, it seemed

the room silent, Ludwik sprawled by her legs, his muscular torso carelessly covered with a

Thinking back to his earlier fury,

with resentment and disappointment, she stared at his devilishly handsome face for a long time before

a pill from the jacket, stealthily

might have been because he hadn’t taken his medicine on

sleep so soundly, his furrowed brow even slightly relaxed,

always slept well by

guessed that in the past week, had

looked up; it wasn’t her

and the caller ID read:

the summit today. From Elaine sending her to the hotel with medicine to those men humiliating her with Nyx, now that she had a moment to think, she understood what had

the phone rang and disconnected, then rang again.

brought to one of Ludwik’s apartments in the

He hadn’t answered.

tried again, desperately hoping for a response. Finally, the call

promised you’d be

The familiar female voice made Elaine’s face darken