Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 500

At Skyfaith Hospital, the arrival of Danny made Natalie's heavily guarded entourage hesitant to stop him.

"I'm here to check on grandma; Dad sent me."

With these words, Danny, accompanied by Whitney, made his way into Natalie's ICU room without trouble.

"Grandma!" Danny's excitement was palpable upon seeing Natalie.

Whitney, however, couldn't hide her shock at Natalie's frail appearance, her eyes betraying a flash of pity. The woman before her looked nothing like the robust figure she remembered, now reduced to skin and bones.

"It's only been a fortnight!" Whitney thought, recalling Parker's words about Natalie's imminent demise.

Struggling to speak, Whitney approached Natalie, "What happened to you?"

Natalie, momentarily more lucid and seemingly ignoring her grandson, focused on Whitney, "My dear, you finally came. Are you still angry with me?"

The emotional turmoil was evident in Whitney's eyes as she fought back tears. In that moment, any resentment she held melted away in the face of Natalie's condition. She whispered, her voice choked with emotion, "What's wrong with you?"

Natalie's feeble attempt to embrace Whitney bridged the gap between them, and for a moment, they were just family, united in their concern for one another.

Ford, having been alerted to Whitney's arrival, hurriedly called Emperor

here in Banyan City to

Whitney's swift action. "Is my mother happy to see

Ms. Valentine. She's missed her

smoothly, decided, "Let them talk. My mother's happiness is paramount. If Whitney initiates

Valentine might pry too deeply,"

all records of my mother's leukemia treatment are erased. She won't find out anything," Ludwik ordered, his voice

the call, Ludwik's gaze fell

Whitney from caring for Natalie. He posited that the truth about the leukemia might eventually come out, suggesting that it could, paradoxically, bridge the gap between Ludwik and

however, was not convinced, instructing Parker to stop discussing the matter and

had managed to cover her tracks well. Despite employing Emperor City's finest detectives, they had yet

would eventually slip up, especially now that he had

hopes of meeting Elaine and learning

any pressure she applied to Elaine could force Florence's hand, revealing her involvement in Sammy's

Parker had thoroughly investigated her background the previous night, hinting at the tightening net around Florence and the increasing stakes in

the lab out of your name," Myra started, her tone laced with

shadowy bodyguard. "He's trying to find the kid directly, but he'll never know where

lips. "That place is a fortress, impossible for anyone to find. It's just that your hypnotic hold over Sammy had to be cut off