Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 347

"Doctor said... the fish bone was lodged pretty deep. It took a surgery to get it out, but my throat got hurt, Mommy."

The little guy pursed his lips, enduring the pain as he spoke.

"Oh my gosh." Whitney's heart ached terribly as she looked up to see the handsome, mature man beside her, his hair still damp, his well-built muscles visible beneath his shirt, exuding a scent of soap. Whitney paused for a moment, taken aback by his fresh, dashing appearance, while her son looked all messy and unkempt.

She instantly felt discontented, "Mr. Lippert, with Danny looking like this, how could you still bother grooming yourself? Got a hot date with Elaine, all dolled up? Looks like some deadbeat dad with no fatherly love."

Ludwik's face turned dark with a mix of anger and embarrassment.

This woman, not only does she not appreciate his looks, but she also has the nerve to mock him? What kind of creature is she?

"Right, Mommy, some people really have no limits when it comes to fighting for attention," Danny chimed in with a pout, throwing in his two cents.

Father and son locked eyes, both inwardly fuming: That's for outshining me in looks.

Whitney, not fully grasping their silent exchange, still patted her son's head affirmatively, "That's right, no one is as handsome as my Danny."

"Well, he wouldn't be this handsome if it weren't for his dad, right?"

"Would you have been able to produce such genes without me?"

Whitney seriously doubted the man's hidden agenda.

Her almond-shaped eyes glared at the man as she stepped forward to pick up her son, asking worriedly, "Is it really that serious, Danny? You had surgery?"

"Yeah." On this point, Ludwik quickly conceded to his son's fib.

Despite their banter and competition, it was clear they were on the same side.

Whitney, feeling a tug at her heart, reproached, "Men can be so careless. Couldn't you have let Taryn pick out the bones for him next time?"

"Mommy, you're blaming daddy unfairly. He's very careful when it comes to taking care of me. It's just that today, at home, Elaine didn't remove the bones for me," the little guy came to his dad's defense at a crucial moment, scoring points for him. I see.

her voice cooling with implication, "Once bitten, twice shy. Whether intentional or

Ludwik would have frowned and retorted

however, he pursed his

woman with a dominating gaze, "Danny's throat is swollen, and he hasn't eaten enough. He needs

grocery shopping now. You're

she led her son

followed the mother and son, his

the hospital entrance, Whitney, seeing the shameless man getting into her car, was somewhat

with you?" Ludwik turned his head with a lifted brow, his handsome face incomparable even under the

couldn't mask his

I have a legitimate right to see my son without you being

against me, his

Whitney was so frustrated she wished she could

her hands gripping the steering wheel tight. Ludwik turned

pushing, his little head turning this way

Danny blinked slyly.

scene' at the apartment that night, Whitney's heart couldn't take it, shooting her son a reproachful look. She also kept an eye out, turning her head now and then, half-expecting

about? Not focusing on picking vegetables?" The man's deep voice complained beside her unexpectedly. Whitney couldn't help but glance at

the produce and meat

she wore a business outfit, exuding the aura of

high-waisted pencil skirt accentuated her waist, and as

peeked out from the skirt, clad in high

intellectual attire, she had an air of pleasant purity about

didn't she know pencil skirts and black stockings were a test of a

over now and then, Ludwik wished he could cover

icy, warning off

vegetables, found her surroundings eerily quiet. She glanced around to find not a

blaming his intimidating presence for the sudden

peaches," Danny

the canned peaches were placed on the top shelf, out of