Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 223

“You can shack up with Elaine or get engaged for all I care. I’m divorced, and still, you think you can control me?” Whitney thought.

Remembering how he had allowed Elaine to mock her as ‘second–hand good‘, Whitney’s heart throbbed. What was she to him? Did her feelings not matter at all?

Clutching her fists, she said coolly, “Are you done, Mr. Lippert? If so, please step aside.”

“I don’t have the patience to repeat myself!”

His fury pressed down on her like a suffocating cloud.

Whitney looked up, her eyes shimmering with unshed tears. “The only reason I’m engaged is because you pushed me into it. We have nothing to do with each other anymore, and you have no right to dictate what I do or don’t do.”

We have nothing to do with each other…

Those words seared through the man’s gaze.

“When did I ever force you?” he scoffed coldly, “Force you into another man’s bed, into eagerly jumping into his arms? Whitney, you’re even more shameless than I thought.

Even if I cast a shameless woman like you aside like an old shoe, I won’t allow any other man to touch you, to tarnish my reputation, got it?”

Whitney was floored by his unabashed audacity. It seemed he just kept humiliating her further.

Her nails dug into her palm as she realized that what he discarded could be trampled underfoot but must not tarnish his pride.

A man so arrogant, how could he bear the thought of his ex–wife remarrying? It seemed unrelated to whether he loved her or not.

She felt as if pricked by ice needles and could not help but laugh mockingly. “Mr. Lippert, you’re worried about losing face? Maybe you should reflect on how quickly you got engaged to Elaine after kicking your wife to the curb. You might already be wearing the cap of a scoundrel.”

me. What right do you have to speak about her and me? As for you and Bryce, a viper and a

as he grabbed her arm, drilling his gaze into her, “Do you

you mean?” Whitney struggled, bewildered.

as simple as you think! He plays dirty, using media manipulation to trap you in a ploy, and The Lutz Group isn’t unstable at all. Are you naive

him earlier was not lost on Ludwik.

warning you, whether I want it or not, the child in your belly is still

Bryce looked at her waist was something Ludwik

his eyes reddened with fury as if he wanted to strangle her. “Do you understand

you have about him. To me, he’s been a

Sorry, your bluster doesn’t convince me. Just to get to me, he’d neglect The Lutz Group and ruin his own

recommended it. Bryce is gentle by nature; you’re overthinking it, or maybe

his expression grow colder. Whitney knew all too well his paranoid nature,

hurt. “He’s all good, and you don’t believe me,

her voice strained yet clear. “I just think you shouldn’t gauge the heart of a gentleman with your own mean measure. You’ve chosen Elaine,

the best of both worlds. I’d rather die than be your mistress. I’m not that cheap, and you can

out a

mean measure? In her

of Bryce that she forgot their past?

heartless, blind

releasing her, his features sharpening with cold. “So you’re unrepentant and guarding him, huh? You’ll pay for every word you say today. Dreaming of a happy life with him, Whitney, you’re living in a

flung her off with disgust, his pupils void of emotion, and though his look was indifferent, it

her sore wrist, watching

his words mean? What price would

seem angrier than the day he found the

of alarm washed

her in the restroom, that Whitney snapped back to reality.