Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 204

The video was only six seconds long, ending abruptly as Natalie coughed up a mouthful of black blood.

The old professor had watched it repeatedly, finally offering his analysis. “Hard to say, Mr. Doonan, judging by the points where the girl inserted the needles, it looks like she targeted the area near the old lady’s pancreas. The pancreas is complex; the needling could be harmful or healing. But the color of the blood she spat out suggests internal bruising.”

Ludwik’s expression froze for a moment.

Parker thanked the professor and personally escorted him to the door.

Returning, he shrugged, “This professor is as credible as they come. At least he didn’t rule out the possibility that Whitney might have been trying to save your mom. Elaine shot this video, claiming Whitney was harming Natalie. I wonder, could she have been mistaken?”

Ludwik’s face twitched slightly as he remembered Whitney insisting at the hospital that it was his mother’s pancreatitis acting up, and that she was needling to release the congestion.

His mother did indeed suffer from pancreatitis!His gaze fixed on the emergency prescription order, perhaps Whitney was really trying to save her?

Braxton said she was kind–hearted, and he himself had seen her take Braxton’s pulse, claiming her acupuncture was to save lives, not for money, her expression soft and sincere.

Even Nolan could see she was close to Natalie.

If she was as innocent as Parker suggested, then the whole tender issue wasn’t a setup, and when Keegan kidnapped Natalie, could she have been trying to stop him? According to her story, was she trying to sneakily rescue Natalie instead of aiding Keegan in his misdeeds?

Unfortunately, complications later led to his mother suffering renal failure and becoming comatose.

His heart pounded.

Could she be innocent?

Reflecting on his treatment of her these past days, verbal and physical abuse, Ludwik’s brow furrowed deeply.

If she was innocent, then he was not acting like a man for hurting her this way.

“Figuring anything out?” Parker handed him a glass of wine, teasing him with a look.

Ludwik remained silent, tilting his head back and downing the wine in one go.

“It’s not that I’m making excuses for Whitney,” Parker continued, “but I just feel that she isn’t irredeemably evil. If she harmed your mother, why is she still enduring your torment and fighting to stay by your side?”

“She wants redemption,” Ludwik replied coldly.

Parker chuckled, countering, “And what if she’s innocent? She stays, drinking down your hate, why do you think she’s doing this for?”

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his eyes. He abruptly put down his glass, closed his eyes for a couple of minutes, feeling a softening in

Parker suggesting that she was in love with

He stood up.

going? Get some rest,

a smirk, “Fool, he’s obviously going back to Whitney. Go back to her, Ludwik. Calm down, ask her what really happened that night, give her a

4:30 AM, Elaine was jolted by a call from Jaxon. “What did you say? Parker had some old professor analyze

her bed, her face pale as a ghost. That meddlesome

had presented that video at the hospital to frame Whitney, convinced that

Whitney, she had handed the video over

she hadn’t counted on

analysis, her claims were falling apart, and she

busybody. What if he

truth about the kidney transplant –

got out of bed, feeling uneasy, she needed to give strict instructions to

suspected anything,

tow, rushed

began to lighten, Ludwik returned to the villa,

he paused in front of a room on the first floor, ran a hand through his handsome face, and quietly opened the door.

cold, the chill palpable.

she was curled up, her little face buried in her knees,

and walked

there, her face flushed, breathing ragged, lips cracked

you

He roused her.

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daze, opened her

“What are you

owned and recoiled, biting her

release itly cousi

She always knew

clenched his teeth and reproached her, “Have you forgotten you are about to become a mother? Are you

Get out!” Whitney wanted to laugh.

why didn’t