Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 207

Ludwik didn’t dwell on it, and the conversation didn’t continue. He

watched silently as she ate two bowls of oatmeal.

The phone rang, and the man stood to go upstairs, “I need to sign some paperwork.”

“Oh.” Whitney’s lips paused, surprised by his initiative to speak to her. Could they be mending fences?

Her heart raced with excitement yet feared it was all an illusion.

After taking the dishes to the kitchen, Whitney went back to her room for her phone and found several missed calls.

They were from Bryce, Valerie Bartels, Skye Gem Ltd.’s Nyx, and Tiana, who had called over a dozen times.

She was about to call back when her phone rang again. Whitney answered with a rare cheerfulness, “Why so many calls, Tiana? What’s up?”

“Whitney! Did you catch the news? You’re in deep trouble,” Tiana Melford’s voice was laden with urgency.

Whitney was taken aback. What news could she be in?

She immediately opened the day’s trending topics and saw the top headline, ‘Mr. Lippert’s wife caught in scandalous affair, explosive video released.‘

Whitney was dumbfounded and anxious as she clicked on the video. After watching, she felt the room spin.

“Whitney, why were you at a hotel with Bryce? The video has a timestamp–it’s from the 28th before the New Year. Weren’t you in South City that day? Could you be possibly set up?”

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Tiana was frantic, “The news is blown up. I can’t pull it down. I can’t believe you’d do this. I trust you, but Ludwik might not.”

As she spoke, there was a sudden noise from upstairs.

Whitney trembled, belatedly realizing she should get up. Her face was pale, and she ran out immediately.

the stairwell, Ludwik strode out

mind buzzed

a

standstill.

stormy trending news and dialed a number, “Jaxon, get the PR manager

in time to hear

haven’t seen the news, have you? You’re still not fully recovered. Let’s skip today’s

peacemaker facade barely concealed

video still playing on the screen, with Bryce’s

face drained

head, “Ludwik, this is

28th before the New Year, you were in South City taking care of Braxton and still found time for a

the stairs slowly and stood before Whitney. His eyes were penetrating as he pressed the

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that you wouldn’t

trembled as she tried to explain,

to help him. The drug made him lose control, that’s why he clung to me in the bathtub. It was just a few

Trust me. Nothing happened between us, really!”

think I’m

him like you couldn’t bear to let go. So you’ve been sleeping together all

don’t love him! It’s you I love! I went to save Braxton for you.” “Whitney, you’re

filled with feigned distress for Ludwik, “I can’t stand by and watch. You might not know, but Bryce is Braxton’s prized student. Whitney went to help him that night, not for you. She wasn’t in South City

Elaine?” Whitney shouted back, but Ludwik’s expression had

but laugh

poured fuel on the fire, “Ludwik, I’ve been meaning to tell you, Whitney’s been playing you from the start! When Keegan sought revenge, she colluded with Orion and already lined up Bryce as her

intimate long before. She cheated

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on staying under the pretense of taking care of you. Perhaps

Tech, and Whitney’s

he’d been struck by thunder. All reason left him when he saw the video, which convinced