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!"

in the study with some

stall further, Holly signaled the butler who came running, a look of panic on his face. "Madam,

shock was almost convincing. "The

cold look and dashed towards the backyard's eastern

supported by a servant, and Holly followed at a slower

large pond, a scenic

arrived, several servants were frantically trying to fish something out of the water

"Danny!"

I'm here." Danny's weak voice came from atop a protruding

sharp; a wrong move could send someone tumbling into

for them to get you,"

Molly, the one who had fallen into

Molly, worthless as ever...

Danny said with righteous indignation, peering down at the struggling

heaved a drenched girl

weak cries cut

grandmother was taken aback. "Molly? What brought you to the

chaos 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

from a severe case of water inhalation and a

and turned to Holly. "Mrs. Sheldon, when did Molly arrive at the Sheldon property? Both children ended

thought she came to play with Danny, so I let them be in the backyard. As for the drowning, dear Mrs. Sheldon, you saw it yourself, I arrived with you. Maybe the kids were

her eyes narrowing before she turned to her son. "Danny, is it as Holly

was playing by myself when Molly stormed in, looking for trouble

it. The first shove didn't do the trick, I clung

had her servant push me. That's when we started fighting, and she