Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 531

"Why'd you clam up all of a sudden?" Florence seized the moment as she noticed his gaze turning hazy, her arms wrapping around his neck, pressing for an answer, "Ludwik, tell me."

He couldn't say.

Ludwik's consciousness was fading, his mood softened by her shaking.

He barely smiled, shaking his head with a serious expression, "I don't want you drinking. Your stomach hasn't healed yet, forgotten already?"

Was that the reason?

But why was he staring at 'Whitney's' belly?

A shadow of doubt hovered in Florence's mind. She turned, grabbing a glass of wine, her voice filled with hurt, "You forbid me from drinking, but you can drink as much as you like? You're being unreasonable, and I'm really getting angry now. Maybe you should just leave? Get out of here!"

Ludwik felt a pang of sadness. Was she angry again?

Lately, she seemed to be getting upset more frequently, and he always seemed to be the cause.

He didn't want to leave.

He felt like he was dreaming, for only in dreams would she treat him with such kindness, smiling and leaning into his embrace willingly.

If it was a dream, he didn't want to wake up.

In a melancholic mood, Ludwik took the glass of wine she offered and downed it in one gulp.

His demeanor was gentle; who would have thought that the usually cold and aloof Ludwik could be so cautious and almost pleading, just to make her happy?

Florence watched him, feeling a thorn in her heart that dug deeper and deeper. Becoming less and less willing to accept this!

If she bore his child, he would treat her the same way eventually. He won't have room for Whitney in his eyes anymore; he would have no choice but to marry her!

Florence waited quietly as the effects of the alcohol and the drug he had taken began to take hold. Soon, Ludwik's handsome face was flushed unnaturally, sweat pouring down like rain over his firm muscles. The medication he had taken, combined with the alcohol, must be making him restless.

"Ludwik, you seem to be in discomfort, maybe you have a fever. Why don't you lie down and rest?" Florence suggested intentionally.

at the woman before him, Whitney's gentle face driving

resist, standing

her cheeks turning from pale to flushed. Suddenly, she clung to his arm, her fingers

figure hovered

brows furrowed tightly, the beast within him about to break free, his pain evident. He forced himself

felt something odd about Whitney's initiative, but the woman before him was

want to kiss me?" Florence's voice was soft as water, pulling at his neck.

her hands away, his gaze serious

want you. That time in the wine cellar... when you had no choice but to ease the effects of the drug, sitting on top of me, crying, you don't know how excited I was. I can't forget how you pushed me away yet pulled me close,

mind was filled with images that made him burn with desire, his voice husky to the extreme. He couldn't take his

back to reality, she quickly grabbed his hand, leaning in to kiss him, "I'm this beautiful, can you resist me? Kiss me, Ludwik." Boom,

about to touch, Ludwik pushed her away, pinning her down on the

unresponsive. "Stop!" His voice was stern, his brows knitted

"Why?"

to Elaine, he loved Whitney and would

restrained her, his hand pressing against her abdomen, frustratedly angry, "Stop provoking me. Whitney,

he stumbled into the bathroom, almost fleeing as he shut the door

lay on the bed with a pale, sullen face; her plan had failed! He saw her as Whitney, but ultimately, he restrained himself; she saw it! Why tell

suspicion formed

wouldn't say things like taking care of one's body, he pushed her away tinge and again

him, he covered it up in front of 'Whitney.'

it, when did they get

The wine cellar...

blazed with

-

At the hotel.

regarding Sammy's condition. What was the connection between that doctor

long time, she couldn't resist and dialed Ludwik's

"Ludwik, where are

late, Ludwik has gone to bed. He's exhausted. If you need him, you

voice was

woman's voice shouldn't sound like

e