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.

coffee and breakfast. "Whitney, go

"Okay."

herself up, looking at the perfect jewelry proposal on her desk,

alone for the

is going to win! Whitney, your dedication to jewelry has amazed me! I bet there's no proposal better than

manager called, asking Whitney to bring the proposal

Whitney walked in, the general manager and two senior judges seated at the

then, Ludwik's imposing figure appeared

a long shadow, followed by an

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

skipped a beat. He was part

at him with a wary and

briefly, his look from above

he took his

outside, checking her phone for any

when she saw Florence's tweet

set in

covered in a man's expensive

his long fingers gripping the pen under the light, the half-visible side of his face serious as he

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

With what?

such a critical time, what

Whitney's spine

submitted your proposal yet?" Florence's voice

to see the belated arrival, frailly seated in a wheelchair, clutching a

proposal too. Now, let's let

placing her proposal next

both proposals to

his black

manager opened Whitney's

upon seeing Florence's, the

surpassing the assistant manager's!"

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