Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 395

Chapter 395

"Hmm, sir?" The young girl looked bewildered, her eyes wide with innocence. "I'm sorry, I don't know you."

The man's gaze softened as he realized his mistake. Perhaps it was just a case of mistaken identity?

Ludwik nodded slightly and turned to leave.

Clutching her handkerchief tightly, the girl's doe-like eyes deepened with an intense fervor as she watched his retreating figure.

"Ms. Sheldon..."

Soon after, Myra had the chauffeur pull up the car and came over with an umbrella, silently dabbing the young lady's face with a kerchief, a slight smile on her lips. "He's gone now."

"Do you think he'll remember me?" the girl mused, her gaze downcast. "He looked at me a few times, but not really."

Myra spoke with a hint of mystery, "Even if he doesn't remember, you'll see him again soon enough."

The girl's eyes softened with a hint of hope.

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In the hospital office, Ludwik knocked and entered.

a thick file

with my mother that requires your

with a heavy sigh. "Natalie's blood tests, after a thorough consultation, confirm she has a malignant hematological disorder related to spinal cord regeneration. Simply put, it's a form of leukemia-sudden and aggressive. Her collapse this morning was a symptom. The blood tests from this

was just exhaustion and old age, that she would recover slowly. How

requires blood analysis, which is why it

My mother has been ill for years, but this is

with the suddenness of it

we've also analyzed the composition of two pills prescribed by Ms. Valentine. Natalie has been bedridden for three years, under routine care. The family doctor's prescriptions have been safe. The only

Ford's implications.

me show you the lab results. These medications contain about three hundred

of pharmacology meant she used poison to fight poison, a sound theory in theory. But applying it to Natalie's

medication. She said, to avoid detection by him and Elaine, she had to suppress her mother's recovery signs, making them undetectable by doctors. So, the medication contained potentially lethal components. Could it be that long-term use

only speculate," he said. "Your mother, in a vegetative state for three years, lacked an immune system. Ms. Valentine's medication contained toxic elements, possibly triggering the fatal disease... But her intentions were good, unlikely foreseeing such an

situation. He thought his mother's awakening signaled a quick recovery. Instead, it brought a more deadly disease. His fists clenched; he knew he couldn't blame Whitney. She had good intentions, desperate for her mother's improvement. And indeed, it was these medications that woke her mother. But the awakening was far from perfect, accompanied by

do we treat it?" His voice was icy. "I

"Only a spinal

rapidly and not regenerating. Soon, she might experience nosebleeds, vomiting, severe anemia. Considering her age and rare 'panda blood' type, finding a match is difficult, almost one in a million. If her anemia worsens, she'll need regular blood transfusions until a match is found. That's why I urged you

had complicated her long-standing illnesses. He had always opted for care over surgery to avoid risk. He couldn't bear losing her, not when she had

can't die," he muttered through clenched teeth, instructing Dr. Ford, "Mobilize all resources, everywhere. Find a spinal cord

Dr. Ford nodded, immediately setting the

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