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.

him up in one arm, heading towards the car with a helpless twist of his brow. “With that sharp tongue, how do you manage at

His son was aloof,

Ludwik pressed down on his brow.

Mr. Lippert’s cooking. Mr. Lippert, why don’t you indulge him and cook

a

Ludwik remained silent.

one was looking, he stole a quick glance at his

his way, he stubbornly pouted his

out to pull him along.

not that hungry. Slow

that he had a son, knowing her malicious

into contact with such

mother.

warmth he had felt upstairs vanished as he placed his

the top of the stairs. Had she just

voice sounded eerily like her

hurried down the stairs, only to see the nurses gazing with glowing eyes toward the parking lot.

force and caught a

her, too fast to

seemed to be a little boy with a side profile that resembled Sammy.

felt an inexplicable pang, and she clutched

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Bentley Ludwik’s? The license plate was

child in the

she seen

and immediately pulled out her phone to make an international

and Yael’s voice came through, “Whitney, it’s daytime over there. right?

“Where’s Sammy?”

you remember you have a treasure like me? You sneaked back to the country and didn’t even tell me; I’m a

warm voice came through, and although he claimed to be upset, his eyes curved into a smile that was strikingly

Whitney, somewhat helplessly, tugged at the corner of her mouth. “I took on a patient and had to

to get revenge on that scumbag dad, did

looked incredulously at his little face.

nonsense, right? How could he be

dad die a long time ago? You said