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.

it stung, igniting

down on her from his height, "Fine, let me be clear then. Right now, I won't allow you to physically harm her, regardless of the reason

the other day, you already mocked her for just being able to

with this morning's plagiarism accusation, everyone's saying she's

narrative your subordinate started? I'm not

her laugh cutting through, "I need to

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

colleagues' criticism, "Someone said that your subordinate mocked Florence at the meeting. That's not

making you coffee

brought it upon

to my office, with the same cover as mine, if

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

I'm not giving

her biting words like a slap across his face, making his

to nothing, unwilling to endure even the

leukemia to prevent her

all

coldness churned

a clenched jaw, he kicked the

in the office," the secretary whispered

drained but not allowed the

to the waiting ambulance, with a bodyguard

"I

cough and a burn, she's not going to die from

in 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 of the situation. Sandy, trying

-

At the hospital.

of CPR, Florence woke up, but she refused the heart

the bed, her

ointment to her ankle, but she

bodyguard moved to hold

don't want the

least take the heart medication," Ludwik urged,

pressure was dropping