Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 218

Ludwik massaged his temples, his voice softening as he thought of everything she had done for him. “It’s okay. I promised you a grand celebration, and I will deliver.”

“Ludwik, you’re the best!” Elaine cooed, affectionately kneading his shoulders.

His employees were all there, and Ludwik fought the impulse to shrug off her touch; he could not afford to embarrass her.

But his eyes narrowed slightly, feeling a strange sense of unfamiliarity with the current situation.

The engagement he had used to spite that woman had slowly turned into reality.

He told himself to focus. He owed Elaine a lifelong commitment, especially after promising her parents an engagement.

Those fleeting thoughts of calling off the engagement for that woman were foolish – no more of that! She did not deserve it.

Pushing down the irritation in his chest, Ludwik looked up calmly, “Elaine, you go ahead. I’ve still got work to deal with.”

“Alright, I’m heading to the TriMed Hospital to get my surgery scars treated. I’ll be back to make lunch in the lounge. We can eat together,” Elaine said, feigning slight dissatisfaction.

Her devoted voice echoed in the office as if she wanted the whole staff to know she was soon to be Mrs. Lippert.

Felix waited silently for Elaine to leave before he approached Ludwik with the information he had gathered.

Ludwik leaned back in his executive chair, frowning. “What now?”

“It’s me, Mr. Lippert,” Felix said, trying to remain composed under the unusual wrath that had gripped his boss these past days.

He approached cautiously. “About the incident you asked me to look into last night when you were drunk – the online attacks on Bryce, I’ve found something. Bryce is cunning. Just the other day, the Skye Gem building was suddenly auctioned off. First, he lent money to Ms. Valentine, then secretly paid people to slander him, creating the image of a man trapped in a dire situation. Basically, he set a trap to coax Ms. Valentine into an engagement.

Mr. Lippert, perhaps Ms. Valentine isn’t aware of Bryce’s ambition? He’s a real despicable man!”

Felix realized that Mr. Lippert could not bear the thought of aborting the child, so when he left, there was no conclusion about the baby.

Lippert’s misunderstanding was that Ms. Valentine had cheated and

pushing his

might have been tricked

the information, his gaze turning icy. “Daring to scheme against me, a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and that foolish woman believes him. Why show me this? Do you think I care about their sordid affairs? Maybe she willingly walked into this trap to be with

that, but Mr. Lippert was too emotional to be rational

Ms. Valentine to leave you, but for Bryce to

but it’s not for him to take. They think they can live happily ever after?

Mr. Lippert could not tolerate it

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Hospital

the patient information from the kidney transplant surgeries that

no slip-ups; including Natalie, there were five kidney transplant patients that day,

suspected Elaine of

headed to the director’s office to access the

she reached behind the curtain, someone entered the

must be

to have

her breath, hiding beneath the curtain, rolling

fairy tale night with Ludwik –

the cosmetic department to use laser treatment. Three to five sessions should do

was not he one of

“Elaine’s scar is from a kidney transplant surgery; how could it be shallow? Be mindful

department, looked towards

Elaine donated a kidney. The wound isn’t small. I’ll call the cosmetic expert

at the doorway, aware that walls have

was not deep, just deliberately made to look gruesome to convince Ludwik

to the cosmetic department, but if Ludwik casually inquired about her visit, it might raise suspicions, so she always made sure to

that

the doctor left, Lyra cursed under her breath, “That idiot. Miss,

towards