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.

speechless, her heart pounding with

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. At that gala auction, you mistook Danny for me, bringing him home, while Dad mistakenly

narrated the bewildering events of the past days with a slow, measured

widening with each twist

whirlwind of emotions, her mind racing as she looked at her two precious boys, tears streaming down

to twins in the wild. Twins, indeed. Yet, from prenatal checks to delivery, every medical report suggested she was carrying only one child. She never diagnosed herself

altering the medical records? Furious at the thought, Whitney's heart ached for her sons. "So, you two little rascals have known about each other, secretly meeting and swapping places to fool

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 and sorrow as Whitney realized the depth of her sons' love

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 not to accept Elaine as my mom. I barely waited two days before I spotted you at the

proud demeanor, a spitting image of Ludwik, while Sammy

grateful for the kindness shown to

expose Elaine and stand up for Danny at

with a sharpness unusual for his age, "I wanted to get back at them. Seeing Dad fooled by that woman made me so

Then, out of nowhere, we were kidnapped. Elaine pretended to be a victim too, but she was actually orchestrating the whole thing, tormenting us...

us in