Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 327

Whitney could barely stand as the shock made her body sway. She turned around, blinking in disbelief at the sight of Sammy lying in bed.

"Danny, you've got to stop scaring Mommy like this! Her little heart, though strong, can't take our shenanigans. Come here, let's explain everything to her. She won't be mad at us." Sammy's voice was weak but carried a playful tone.

Whitney clenched her delicate hands, her eyes wide and filled with tears and surprise, struggling to keep her voice gentle, "My child, you are, you're my..."

"I'm your other son, Mommy, waaah..."

Danny, seeing her beckoning, scampered over like a kitten finally heeding its mother's call, plunging into Whitney's embrace.

Tiana, watching from behind, teared up, sharing in Whitney's joy.

"What in the world is going on? So, you're Danny?" Whitney realized that 'Danny', whom Ludwik had been calling out for, wasn't Sammy. She had misunderstood, but how big of a misunderstanding was it? A colossal secret?

"Mom, how can you even ask what's going on? We're your sons, both of us. Didn't you know?" Sammy looked at her, his eyes twinkling with amusement as he gently rolled his eyes.

heart pounding with

and I jumped into the ocean, eventually ending up abroad without ever meeting him. Dad didn't know about Sammy, just like you didn't know about Danny. Each of you thought there was only one son.

of the past days with

with each twist and turn of the tale, emotions

mind racing as she

indeed. Yet, from prenatal checks to delivery, every medical report suggested she was carrying only one child. She never diagnosed herself properly, attributing the unusual size of her belly to

Had he deliberately kept this from her, even altering the medical records? Furious at the thought, Whitney's heart ached for her sons. "So, you two little rascals have known about

and affection, recalling how Sammy had seemed off lately, his personality flipping like a switch. And then, there was the time at Christian's Diner when Ludwik had supposedly taken 'Sammy', who miraculously appeared back home, a digit off on his ID bracelet. Tears mingled with laughter

failed you as a mother, not even knowing of your existence," Whitney apologized, her voice thick with regret, gently stroking Danny's hair. The thought of leaving one of her babies behind that night haunted her, an unforgivable oversight. "It's okay, Mom. Everything's in the past. I was mad at you for not finding me, your little treasure. But Taryn told me to be patient, to wait for you and

a spitting image of Ludwik, while Sammy seemed to radiate warmth and wisdom well

the kindness shown to

Estate, to expose Elaine and stand up

for his age, "I wanted to get back at them. Seeing Dad fooled by that woman made me so mad." "You're both just three years old..." Whitney sighed, her heart heavy with

to his mom, "It was Elaine. She found out we were brothers and got scared, even wanted us gone! That day, she secretly used my smartwatch to message Sammy, asking him to meet at the bridal shop. Sammy, thinking it was me, went without any suspicion. Then, out of nowhere, we were kidnapped. Elaine pretended to be a victim too, but she was actually orchestrating the whole thing, tormenting us... Mom, she snatched away Sammy's asthma inhaler and repeatedly dunked him into filthy water. In

You were hurt too. Thankfully, this time, Dad came through for us in the nick of time.