Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 230

Chapter 230

Ludwik slumped onto the sofa with an icy detachment as Felix hurried in, wincing at the sight of the wound on Ludwik’s arm, “Mr. Lippert, you really need to take care of that cut…”

“For a guy like Bryce, she actually tried to kill me,” Ludwik’s lips curled into a frosty sneer.

Felix shook his head, thinking to himself, “Ms. Valentine’s actions couldn’t have been just about Bryce. Any woman pushed to the brink like that might snap…”

“Ludwik, I heard you crashed Whitney’s engagement party. Is she here now? Oh my god, you’re bleeding so much! What happened?”

At this moment, Elaine burst through the door.

Ludwik looked up, his face stiffening with surprise at her unexpected arrival.

Elaine caught the flicker of guilt in his eyes and felt a flame of jealousy ignite within her.

Last night, on the eve of their engagement, he had left her alone at the villa, deliberately induced her period to avoid her, and she had bitten back her anger.

She had not anticipated his premeditation, that today he would have Bryce arrested and forcefully take Whitney back.

Thinking he was still secretly keeping that bitch? Elaine seethed with rage, sensing an unprecedented threat.

If it were not for the maid she sent as a spy, she would never have found this place.

But she could endure, her face betraying no hint of her fury as she rushed over with feigned concern. “How did you get bitten like this?

Ludwik, sit down, let me stop the bleeding for you?

Ludwik frowned, taken aback. Her demeanor was aggrieved but calm, and she immediately showed concern for his well–being, stirring a ripple of emotion in his heart.

“Why are you here?”

“You left me at the villa last night, and I was worried my parents would ask questions, so I kept an eye on your whereabouts, Ludwik, I didn’t come here to cause trouble,”

Tears welled in Elaine’s eyes, a picture of hurt innocence,

“Whitney and Bryce’s engagement must have meant they had feelings for each other. And with you plotting against Bryce, wouldn’t Whitney despise you to the core? I was worried you two might clash, and look, you got hurt.”

the affection between Whitney and

felt a wave of guilt washed over him, moved by

could he not fall in love with this woman who cared for him instead of being

was frustrated with himself.

in his eyes, Elaine knew her ‘understanding‘

had touched him.

A cold smile crept into her heart; as long as that woman was back

closer.

to

she had been searching for a way to deal with Whitney,

a sorrowful look, she said, “Ludwik, what are you thinking? You’re engaged, yet you brought her back. It’s embarrassing for me and the Bartels family. I love you, and I can tolerate it, but my parents can’t accept this. If

Ludwik knew

I just… I’m thinking about the baby she’s carrying. It’s getting on

still tethering his heart; he could not bear to

that doesn’t affect our marriage. I love children, too. After she gives birth, I will take care of the child as if it were my own. Ludwik, I won’t make

and resigned, a small smile on her lips, when suddenly there came a

up sharply,

She doesn’t seem quite right. I’ll go upstairs and check on her to avoid

she gave the maid a knowing

stairs.

pointing out

his gaze locked

to close the door behind

scheming glint passed through hers.

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entered the bedroom, where two bodyguards were restraining Whitney from

said with a smile, “Let her go. I’ll

her eyes widening in

stepped back to

“Surprised to see me here? Ludwik sent me! Do you think he took you back because he still has feelings for you?

had secretly conveyed Ludwik’s harsh words

them like a

in Whitney’s devastated eyes, Elaine whispered in her ear, her lips curling, “I pretended to agree to take good care of the baby. Once you give birth and leave, guess what I’ll do to it? Babies can’t fight back. I could drown it, strangle it, poison it, torment it slowly. Ludwik trusts me so much, he would just think it died of sickness…”

dilated

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