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.”

right do you have to speak about her and me?

eyes narrowed in scorn as he grabbed her arm, drilling his gaze into her, “Do

you mean?” Whitney

plays dirty, using media manipulation to trap you in a ploy, and The Lutz Group isn’t unstable at all. Are you naive or just willing? Take today, for

given him earlier was not lost on

stood by him, feigning affection, and the thought of him claiming his fatherly rights in front of Ludwik made his blood boil. “I’m warning you, whether I want

at her waist was something Ludwik could not

strangle her. “Do you understand what kind of man he is now? Leave him, cancel the engagement!”

flicker of calm and coolness settling over her, “Ludwik, I don’t know what misconceptions you have about him.

me, he’d neglect The Lutz Group and ruin his own reputation? He’s

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

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

gripping her until it hurt. “He’s all good,

pain in her wrist, 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,

I’d rather die than be your mistress. I’m not that cheap, and you can

let out a low, prolonged sneer.

measure? In her eyes, was he really like that?

Bryce that she forgot their past?

heartless, blind

of pain struck Ludwik’s heart as his gaze returned to an icy glacier, abruptly 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

off with disgust, his pupils void of emotion, and though his look

nursing her sore

words mean? What price would she pay? How had she offended

he seem angrier than the day he found the video?

of alarm washed over

finding her in the restroom, that Whitney snapped back to