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.

was that Ms. Valentine had

afterward, pushing his resentment to its

Felix thought that if Mr. Lippert understood that Ms. Valentine might have been tricked as well, there could be a chance for

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

felt that Ms. Valentine was not like that, but Mr. Lippert was too emotional to

one thing for Ms. Valentine to leave

dark, a cold smirk crossing his lips, “I can let her go, but it’s not for him

relief; Mr. Lippert could not tolerate it –

800

the TriMed Hospital in

She gathered all the patient information from the kidney

were five kidney transplant patients that

Elaine

then headed to the director’s office to

she reached behind the curtain,

scar must be removed flawlessly. It’s in

and I’m about to have the most perfect night at

breath, hiding beneath the

night

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

was not he one

from a kidney transplant surgery; how could it be

Horatio, the director of the department, looked towards the door, coughed

a kidney. The wound isn’t small. I’ll call the

doorway, aware that walls

to look gruesome to

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

clue for suspicion, especially for that Parker – Elaine feared he might come

Lyra cursed under her breath, “That idiot. Miss, you go

headed towards