Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 214

“Whitney…” Valerie gasped, covering her mouth.

Nolan and Parker looked on in astonishment at the woman with terror etched on her face.

Her hand never left her belly, a mother’s instinctive protective stance.

“Can I beg you? This child will have nothing to do with you from now on. I promise I won’t use it to blackmail you. I won’t ask for child support.

Ludwik, you can be harsh, but you can’t deny a child. You gave him life, he’s seven months along now. In two months, it’ll be born. It’ll smile at me; it will cry and fuss. It’ll be a living and grow up…”

Her voice broke with pain. “Even if you despise me, the child is innocent. Please, don’t take its life away.”

The cigarette between Ludwik’s fingers trembled as he flicked it fiercely, his deep eyes misting with a cold fog.

Those were his children – there were two, not just one!

Could he really be so heartless? It was this woman’s shameless betrayal that he couldn’t stomach.

And the thought of them calling Bryce ‘Dad’ – it tore him apart. He was a man of stature. What belonged to him could not be taken by others.

So, maybe it was better they were never born.

But his heart, raw with the pain of detachment, wrapped layers around him.

Memories of his anticipation for the twins flashed uncontrollably through his mind. He wouldn’t have cared for her so tenderly if he hadn’t hoped, wouldn’t have taken her for her first check-up.

Even last time, when she was hurt and they went to the hospital, he wanted to be heartless, but still, he secretly pocketed the ultrasound image.

The greater the anticipation was, the deeper the disappointment became. Now his head was full of hate. He knew he was beyond reason.

But who could understand the agony of his pride being crushed?

of submission, his eyes lowered. His heart fluttered with a

the cigarette butt fell, signaling

forward silently, trying to

a commotion

with a squad of police officers, “Ludwik, you have no

awake, Ludwik’s gaze turned icy as he

laugh, “So eager to play the stepdad, Mr. Lutz? You want to play house, but I won’t let you.

furious. Just moments ago, he had seen

Bryce with the officers, she clung to him like

the operating room, gently lifting her down to shield her behind him,

lose the baby!” Whitney murmured in desperation, her hands trembling as she clutched his shirt, fearing Ludwik

her the next second.

reassuringly, “I won’t let him touch

you protecting? This is

air, enraged by the

two most powerful

Nolan and Felix,

eyes

too arrogant and hurtful. She frowned in worry,

Ludwik’s gaze grew colder.

As for you and Whitney, you’re legally divorced now. You have no claim over the

make decisions, and Mr. Lutz can’t do

Chapter 214

I can call on the city’s main office. If you insist on this, we’ll

going to such lengths. Do you enjoy caring for my offspring that much? Seems Mr.

taunts that

mine by blood is irrelevant. I will love and protect him as my own. Unlike Mr. Lippert, I love everything about the woman I love. I’m Whitney’s fiancé now, and I have every right to protect this child. Mr.

tender confession disgusted Ludwik to

He looked at Whitney with disdain, “I didn’t realize you enjoyed trash-picking so much, happy

Even insults