Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 476

Right now, she was like a porcupine, all prickles and spikes.

He furrowed his brows, trying to explain, "Things were chaotic, she was bleeding, and I accidentally bumped into you..."

Chaotic?

"A little burn, a bit of blood, and it all happens to Florence, and suddenly it's a crisis for you?"

Whitney couldn't help but laugh, a bitter, mocking laugh. He really did treasure that woman.

And what did that make her? Just another blade of grass underfoot?

"She indeed mustn't get hurt right now!" Ludwik's face was cold as he placed the antiseptic on the table, trying to make things clear. "Whitney, I don't want to see you two at odds again.

I know you don't like her, probably because I left Danny the other night, and you've held it against her.

What you did this morning..."

"What did I do?" Whitney exploded, "Ludwik, you think I'm still hung up on you, jealous because of your heartless actions, and taking it out on Florence by picking at her? Is that what you think?"

"I didn't say that," his lips pressed into a thin line.

Yet, the constant conflicts at the company brought him to these conclusions.

At this juncture, he hoped she would back down.

Even if Florence was doing it on purpose, just for these couple of days, couldn't she let it slide?

But her sharp tongue and actions didn't seem like she was going to let Florence off easy.

Ludwik couldn't disclose the real reason, so he had to forcefully make his request, adopting an indifferent tone, "Florence doesn't understand the company's policies and procedures, she's just here to gain some life experience, walking into someone's office isn't a crime, so let it go."

"Do you really think she doesn't understand, or is she pretending not to know?

She provokes me, and I pay her back in kind. This has nothing to do with you, so don't flatter yourself!"

Her words couldn't be clearer; she didn't care about him, wasn't jealous. She simply couldn't stand Florence.

indifference towards him, it

words came out laced with a cold edge, Ludwik looking down on her from his height, "Fine, let me be clear then. Right now, I won't allow you to physically

you already mocked her for just being able to

accusation, everyone's saying she's

narrative your subordinate started? I'm not

"I

be more than she is, Ludwik. After all these years, is this what you think of

"Someone said that your subordinate

hurts! Wasn't she making you coffee during

she brought it upon herself, Ludwik,

poorly made proposal to my office, with the same cover as mine, if not

her. You want me to back

not giving

biting words like a slap

her eyes, he amounted to nothing, unwilling to endure even the slightest for him

the truth about his mother's leukemia to prevent her from feeling guilty, what was it all

it all

moment, anger and coldness churned within him, his determination feeling

jaw, he kicked the medical kit

Lippert...Ms. Sheldon fainted in the office," the

allowed the luxury of rest, stormed

rush Florence out to the waiting ambulance, with

"I don't

a burn, she's not going to

their drama, "Let's focus on the project. We have to pull an all-nighter, there's a big presentation tomorrow." She tried to make light

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At the hospital.

of CPR, Florence woke up, but she refused the heart medication offered by

at the head of the bed, her

pressed tight, tried to apply ointment to her

bodyguard moved to hold her

I don't want the

least take the heart medication,"

blood pressure was dropping with each