Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 477

Chapter 477

"I've got your back. You need to deal with these injuries right now, take your medication, and find a way to calm down!"

Florence tried to hold back her tears, but hope flickered in her eyes as she looked up. "Ludwik, are you really going to help me win the contest? Wouldn't that go against your principles?" Did he even have a choice now?

Those sharp, profound eyes of his looked down at Florence's pale and frail face, asking softly, "Do you really not care about the shares? Don't want to take over the Sheldon Group?" The room fell silent all of a sudden.

He wasn't looking at her, but Florence felt the chill in his gaze piercing through her face.

She had always hidden her intentions well. Had he sensed something?

He was the man in charge of the Lippert Group, a smart one at that.

Florence clenched her fists, forcing a bitter smile. "Ludwik, did you forget? I'm dying."

Ludwik's gaze hardened. In that case, her ambition was moot.

The man frowned, his tone cool and indifferent. "Just take your medicine and get your wounds treated."

"Okay!" Florence managed a forced smile.

He got up to go outside for a smoke, and as his tall figure disappeared at the door of the room, Florence, looking at the doctor bandaging her ankle, let a malicious smile creep across her face hidden by her eyelids. She had burned her ankle on purpose.

Step by step, piece by piece, setting the stage for Whitney's downfall tomorrow!

Because Whitney would never understand why Ludwik 'cared' so much for her.

She knew he had principles and wouldn't easily bend the rules for her, so she had to make her physical and emotional condition appear dire. Ludwik would have no choice...

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Sunlight pierced through the office blinds, casting shadows.

Whitney opened her red and tired eyes; she had only managed half an hour of sleep, working through the night till 9 in the morning.

of coffee and breakfast. "Whitney, go freshen

"Okay."

perfect jewelry proposal on her desk, a smile playing on her

hard! You were practically alone

alert, looked at their work. "This proposal is going to win! Whitney, your dedication to jewelry has amazed me! I bet there's no proposal better than yours. Florence's amateur attempts don't even stand a chance." Whitney took a deep

S-T Group's general manager called, asking Whitney to bring the

general manager and two senior

figure appeared

a long shadow, followed by an aura of

up, welcoming him warmly. "Welcome, Mr. Lippert, to our judging

a beat. He was part of

him with a wary

look from

brows furrowed, and he took his

her phone

when she saw Florence's tweet from

set in a hospital

was covered in a man's expensive coat, adorably taking

his long fingers gripping the pen under the

immediately read her caption: "Mr. Lippert staying up late to help me- He doesn't want me to be sick,

With what?

time, what could he

cold chill ran down Whitney's spine as

your proposal yet?" Florence's voice chimed

the belated arrival, frailly seated in a

smirked. "I've finished my proposal too. Now, let's let the

in, placing her

secretary handed both proposals to

sipping his black coffee,

manager opened Whitney's

seeing Florence's, the

outstanding, far surpassing the assistant

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