Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 411

"Mom, why can't I show Dad you're changing?" Danny's innocent face blinked up at her, completely unaware of the situation.

"Turn it off, now!" Whitney's face was beet red as she hissed, trying to snatch the phone away. "Boys and girls have differences, you know that, right?" She was at her wit's end with this little rascal.

"What's the big deal? What can't Dad see?" Danny was still clueless, lacking any sort of awareness about gender differences.

Whitney felt a vein throb in frustration!

As they bickered, Ludwik on the video call hadn't moved, his gaze dark and intense. He casually sipped his coffee, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly. "What are you still looking at, Ludwik!" Whitney's face burned brighter as she scrambled to cover up, tugging at her clothes.

Ludwik seemed to snap out of it, his eyes shifting awkwardly as he looked away, his voice sheepish, "Sorry."

"I didn't see anything," he added, which only implied he had seen everything.

Whitney glared at his handsome profile, memories of their last night together flitting through her mind.

She bit her lip, almost asking, "Ludwik, about last night..."

night?" Ludwik's grip on his cup

then sighed,

relaxed, guilt gnawing at him for taking advantage of her

ended the

out to see Ludwik taking his medicine, his

paused, overhearing Ludwik's self-deprecating chuckle, "Just a

giving you a hard time? You're always so

tone hardened, "Ms. Whitney, if I find out you're

stormed over, snatching the phone, her voice tight, "I can date and still

a cold laugh before he hung

the phone down, fuming. She was too worried

Danny finished their dinner of spaghetti and meatballs, she bathed him, and soon

his side, she comforted him, the mention of Emperor City striking a chord. After calming Danny, Whitney sifted

to confront the Sheldons about her mother's mysterious death and Sammy's disappearance. Keegan and

you've made up your mind, we'll support you," Keegan assured her, understanding the

Torin's concerns, which she

the storm head-on and returning to the Sheldon family fold. At least Hudson might offer her some semblance of