Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 249

Over at the other end, the response came quickly. [Seen your patient already?]

[What game are you playing?]

Orion burst into laughter, then replied, [Why do you have to assume the worst about me? Whitney, I know what you’re back in town for, and I’m helping you out. Think about it. My big brother’s weird illness, I heard Elaine had seen all the top doctors to no avail. How did your treatment fare today?]

He teased her.

Whitney did not want to recall that scene.

[You just love to stir the pot, don’t you?]

Orion called her directly, clearly in high spirits, speaking with a deep tone, “Whitney, it’s time to repay the favor from three years ago. You promised me something, and now that you’re back, let’s meet up and sign that work contract!”

Whitney, of course, knew that a favor from Orion was not something to be taken lightly.

She furrowed her brows and stood up to change her clothes. “I won’t back out of the contract. Where’s the meeting?”

Orion gave her an address, and Whitney hung up, grabbing her bag and heading out the door.

Being a doctor was just a side gig, but now it seemed like part of Orion’s scheme.

She descended the stairs.

Into the hospital corridor below.

“Ludwik!” A child’s voice, milky yet firm, called out.

Ludwik and Felix had just reached the Bentley when they saw his son, looking Father displeased, running towards them, accompanied by a bodyguard.

The little one’s delicate features caught the eye of every nurse in the corridor, making them wonder whose handsome son he could be.

As the nurses caught sight of his father, dashing and imposing, they instantly understood. Murmurs of envy filled the air.

Ludwik turned, his brow furrowed as he walked back, his face somber. “Why aren’t you at school? Why did you follow me here?”

“I didn’t follow you. The lunch at preschool was terrible. You cook for me!”

Daniel Lippert, with his backpack slung over his shoulders and arms crossed, looked insolently

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at his father.

towards the car with a helpless twist of his brow. “With that sharp

you don’t cook, I won’t eat. Your choice.” His son was aloof, pushing at his arm,

down on

smooth things over and chuckled. “Our Danny here is the number one fan of Mr. Lippert’s cooking. Mr. Lippert, why don’t you indulge him and cook

Daniel a way out

Ludwik remained silent.

little guy pressed his lips, and when no one was looking, he stole a quick glance at his dad.

father looked his way, he stubbornly pouted his small mouth again.

he reached out to pull him along. “Let’s go.”

Slow

of the callous and heartless woman upstairs. If she saw that he had a son, knowing her malicious ways, she would only cause trouble.

with such a horrible woman;

mother.

in the graveyard, a chill swept over Ludwik. The little warmth he had felt upstairs vanished as he placed his son in the car. The door

at the top of the stairs. Had

sounded eerily like her own

down the stairs, only to

some force and caught a glimpse of the

speeding past her, too fast to see clearly.

taken aback. In the rear window, there seemed to be a little boy with a side profile that

felt an inexplicable pang, and she clutched at her clothing, taking a deep breath, her

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Ludwik’s? The license plate was different from three years ago.

in the car…

seen

pulled out her phone

voice came through, “Whitney, it’s daytime over there. right? Why are you

“Where’s Sammy?”

sneaked back to the country and didn’t even

he claimed to be upset, his eyes

would break when he grew up. Whitney, somewhat helplessly, tugged at the corner of her mouth. “I took on a

did you? That

looked incredulously at

kid must be just talking nonsense, right?

“I’m kidding. Didn’t my dad die a long time ago? You said he was struck by lightning for all his bad deeds.”