Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 250

“Come on, how did you know she was pretty before I even mentioned it?”

There was an awkward silence before Daniel, resting an elbow on the bar, rolled his eyes. “You think I’m a gullible three–year–old kid, huh? A kidnapper, my foot. That was clearly a nurse with a crush on you!”

Ludwik’s lips twitched, and he shot Daniel a side–eye without a word, casually adjusting his tie.

Felix knew that Mr. Lippert fiddling with his tie was a sign he was relaxed. Daniel, the little goof, had not even suspected that the ‘kidnapper‘ was his mom.

With a chuckle, Felix teased, “Danny, did you forget you’re actually three and a half and easy to fool?”

Daniel’s mature composure took a hit. His chin jutted out in both embarrassment and defiance at the jab about his age.

For some reason, Ludwik sneezed repeatedly.

Daniel glanced over, showing slight concern with an indifferent tone, “Roll up the car window for him, will ya? The old man’s getting weaker by the day.”

Felix shivered, thinking, “Danny, your dad just got back from an andrology check–up with your mom. He’s pretty sensitive to the word ‘weak‘.”

Sure enough, Ludwik’s face darkened, and he gave Daniel a sharp look. “You’re awfully chatty today. Want me to throw you overboard?”

Daniel clamped his mouth shut reluctantly.

He sensed his old man was weighed down by worries today and not in high spirits. The sneezing had to be because someone was bad–mouthing him, right? He wanted to cheer him

1. up.

Clearly, the father–son duo was having a tense day, and his attempts to lighten the mood were not effective.

Daniel huffed in frustration.

Whitney parked her car, her phone buzzing with a new message.

It was from Tiana. [Whitney?]

She had called Tiana the night before using a new number, as her old number had been terminated three years ago. Was that why Tiana was too scared to pick up?

Whitney felt an inexplicable surge of emotion and bit her lip as she read the message over and over. Tiana’s tone seemed so casual. But could she really be unaffected by everything?

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ignoring another pressing call from

with a tremor in her fingers. [It’s me, Tiana. I’m back, and I need to see you today.]

tucked her phone into her purse and walked with furrowed brows

eyes lighting up at the sight of the woman walking

once–over and whistled. “Looking good, I see. Who knew you’d be such a knockout when not

sleazy eyes to

with a cool detachment.

how she had jumped into the sea with Sammy in her arms, only for Orion to be out fishing on a yacht in Sea Bay at the same time. She had struggled

he

you

Twisted, but true.

country, she had found that the Imperial Gem Corporation’s market value had plummeted

Orion had stolen from him had become

a contract across the table. “Join Imperial Gem as a

scoffed. “So you want me as a human target? Just by sitting in Imperial

out when you know the score? Don’t you want to

and this is your chance for payback. Ready to join me in gutting their empire?”

narrowed; his blatant manipulation

why should she

she could not refuse the offer. Second, she had returned with a desire to unsettle

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and this would be her platform to achieve just that.

as she signed the contract without hesitation.

he lifted her chin. “I never realized you hated him so deeply. How about marrying me instead? I must admit, my brother had an

“I have zero interest in you. And

retracted his hand and settled

core and oddly eccentric. He was, however, not cut out for business, or he would not have

how much he cared for Imperial Gem, but his rakish, cavalier attitude was

him so much? Why go after him like

old man didn’t like him, didn’t want him as his successor. So I

I’ve never won a single round. He’s been mired in mud since childhood while I’ve lived

aback. “Why didn’t your dad like him? Isn’t he his

has always been in question. The old man and Natalie had a terrible

palpable, making