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 cheated and then

his

have been tricked as well, there could be a chance for a

and that foolish woman believes him. Why show me this? Do you think I care about their sordid

like that, but

Ms. Valentine to leave you, but for Bryce to steal her away

let her go, but it’s not for him to take. They think they

could not tolerate it –

800

Hospital

nephrology department. She gathered all the patient information from the kidney transplant surgeries that day, following Whitney’s instructions to

Natalie, there were five kidney transplant patients

Elaine

the director’s office to

the curtain, someone

in. “My scar must be

and I’m about to have the most

held her breath, hiding beneath the curtain, rolling her eyes in

a fairy tale night with Ludwik – the shameless

shallow. We’ll get our top specialist from the cosmetic department to use

doctor’s voice sounded familiar to Tiana; was not he one of the surgeons involved in Natalie’s

“Elaine’s scar is from a kidney transplant surgery;

Horatio, the director of the department, looked towards

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

glanced at the doorway, aware that walls

to look gruesome to convince Ludwik

department, but if Ludwik casually inquired about her visit, it might raise suspicions, so she

suspicion, especially for that Parker – Elaine feared he

left, Lyra cursed under her breath,

headed towards the