Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 465

"Yeah, he reached out to me too. The kid's got a way with words, should be fine."

Ludwik leaned on her car window, his towering presence offering an unspoken reassurance. "Are you going in, or should I? Grandma's inside; she went back to the Lippert place this afternoon and just got here." It wouldn't look good if they both went in together.

"I'll go in!"

Understanding her urgency to see her son, Ludwik stepped aside to let her through.

His gaze softened a fraction. "Call me if you need anything. I'll be right here."

As Whitney rushed in, she caught a glimpse of him lighting a cigarette, his watchful eyes following her sprint towards the mansion.

"Danny?!" Whitney burst in, calling out.

In the Sheldon family's living room, Camilla, the venerable matriarch, had just arrived and was inquiring about something.

Holly, with a plastered smile, appeared clueless. "A problem? The young master has been playing in the backyard. What trouble could he possibly find? Dear Mrs. Sheldon, perhaps a cup of tea first..." "Holly! The child got in touch with me; he said he fell into the pond!" Whitney bypassed the small talk and got straight to the point.

"Ludwik called me, said Danny fell into the water. Seems like it's true!" Camilla's expression turned grave.

A flicker of discomfort crossed Holly's face before she quickly replaced it with a smile, looking at Whitney. "And you are...? How does Danny know to contact you?"

Her question was clearly designed to stir doubt in the elderly lady.

Whitney, aware of Holly's game, retorted with a cold laugh, "Danny and I are close. And you're here worrying about formalities when he's in trouble at the Sheldon place?"

Camilla, catching Whitney's urgency, didn't dwell on the details. Her voice carried a hint of authority, "Mrs. Sheldon, have your staff check where Danny is on the Sheldon property, now!"

right, I've been tied up in

to stall further, Holly signaled the butler who came running, a look of panic on his face. "Madam, Danny is by the pond on the east

"The young master hasn't actually drowned,

shot Holly a cold look and dashed towards the

servant, and Holly followed at a

east side featured a large pond, a scenic highlight of

arrived, several servants were frantically trying to fish something

"Danny!"

here." Danny's weak voice came from atop a protruding artificial rock near the

the rock was dangerously sharp; a wrong move could send someone tumbling

to get you," Whitney instructed,

Holly saw Danny safe, but Molly, the one who had fallen into the water,

Molly, worthless as ever...

Danny said with righteous indignation, peering down at the struggling

got her!" A male servant heaved a drenched girl from

weak

"Molly? What brought you to the Sheldon

subsided and both children were rescued from the pond, lying on the grass, Whitney quickly checked Danny for any signs of water ingestion and started CPR to expel any excess water. Danny, pale but comforted in his mother's arms,

inhalation and a gashed forehead from the artificial rock, she was a mess of

Molly arrive at the Sheldon property? Both children ended up in the water under your watch. How could

left for the Lippert place. I thought she came to play with Danny, so I let them be in the

before she turned to her son.

and red-eyed. "I was playing by myself when Molly stormed in, looking

pond initially. She started shoving me towards it. The first

her servant push me. That's when we started fighting, and she ended up in the water