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.

strode out with

buzzed

a

standstill.

stormy trending news and dialed a number, “Jaxon, get the PR manager from Skyfaith over to Everwood Villa Estate.”

time to hear Whitney’s panicked voice, “Ludwik,

news, have you? You’re

barely concealed her

the video still playing on the screen, with Bryce’s heavy

drained

head, “Ludwik, this is

Year, you were in South City taking care of Braxton and still found time for

before Whitney. His eyes were penetrating as he pressed the phone to her

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other’s lips off! Where did I get the confidence to assume that you wouldn’t dare cross the line? You

that!” Whitney’s voice trembled as she tried

made him lose control, that’s why he clung to me in the bathtub. It was

happened between

think I’m

to let go.

you I love! I went to save Braxton for you.” “Whitney, you’re so hypocritical.

in, her voice 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 for you at all. Maybe she’s been in cahoots

are you spouting, Elaine?” Whitney shouted back, but Ludwik’s expression

help but laugh bitterly.

been playing you from the

been intimate long before. She

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of taking care of you.

and Whitney’s after it

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