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.

him, it stung,

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

day, you already mocked

this morning's plagiarism accusation, everyone's saying she's incapable of competing with

your subordinate started? I'm

at him coldly, her laugh cutting through, "I

her out to be more than she is, Ludwik. After all these years, is

criticism, "Someone said that

Wasn't she making you coffee during work

plagiarism, she brought it upon

made proposal to my office, with the same

she's playing games, you're enabling her. You want me to back down? Is that

I'm not giving you that

his hand, dropping the antiseptic, and stormed out, her biting words like a slap across his face,

endure even the slightest

truth about his mother's leukemia to prevent

it all

coldness churned within him, his determination

a clenched jaw, he

Lippert...Ms. Sheldon fainted in the office," the secretary whispered at

feeling drained but not allowed the luxury

Ludwik rush Florence out to the waiting ambulance,

definitely faking it!" Sandy vented to Whitney, "I don't get why Ludwik is

a burn, she's not

pull an all-nighter, there's a big presentation tomorrow." She tried to make light of the

-

At the hospital.

CPR, Florence woke up, but she refused the heart

up at the head of the bed, her voice

apply ointment to her ankle, but

bodyguard moved to

I don't want

least take the heart medication," Ludwik

blood pressure was dropping