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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.

Ludwik strode out with a

mind buzzed

a

standstill.

villa, Elaine glanced at the stormy trending news and dialed a number, “Jaxon, get the PR

just in time to hear Whitney’s

news, have you? You’re still not fully recovered. Let’s skip today’s news and take

peacemaker facade barely concealed her intentions.

playing on the screen,

drained of color.

this is a misunderstanding. Let me explain…”

taking care of Braxton and still found time for a tryst

before Whitney. His eyes were penetrating

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off! Where did I get the confidence to assume that you wouldn’t dare cross the

like that!” Whitney’s voice trembled as she tried to explain,

was drugged, he called me in a panic to help him. The drug made him lose control, that’s

me. Nothing happened between

you think

you were clinging to him like you couldn’t bear to let go. So you’ve been sleeping together all this time, right? I’ve been the utter fool!”

save Braxton for you.” “Whitney, you’re so hypocritical. You’ve cuckolded Ludwik so grandly and you still

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 for you at all. Maybe she’s

are you spouting, Elaine?” Whitney shouted

couldn’t help but laugh

playing you from the start! When Keegan sought revenge, she colluded with Orion and already lined up Bryce as her next

been intimate long before. She cheated

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on staying under the pretense of taking care of

and Whitney’s after it

when he saw the

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