Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 568

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"He wants to marry me, but that's just his fantasy. Whatever was between us... it's not worth mentioning and there's definitely no future. I wish him and Ms. Sheldon the best. What I want to say is, I've got my own love story happening right here.

He's not just some pretty boy; he's my boyfriend, Bryce as you can see, we're together and we're getting ready to walk down the aisle soon.

And for those busybodies snapping photos and stirring up drama, seriously? Get a life!

There's nothing going on between Ludwik and me. I'm not playing any games. My company, Skye Gem Ltd., is clean as a whistle, so shop with confidence!"

The reporters were left speechless, especially when Whitney used the moment to plug her company right into the microphone.

One reporter, not quite ready to let it go, quipped, "Whitney's got guts, probably the first to ever put Ludwik down like that.

You're really bold, claiming Ludwik's marriage proposal is just a fantasy...

Aren't you afraid that Ludwik, scorned and spurned, might retaliate against you and your boyfriend?

Your boyfriend, with all due respect, doesn't quite match up to Ludwik's charm or wealth."

The reporter was clearly trying to get under her skin.

But Whitney clenched her fists, her mind racing with the ways Ludwik might try to strike at Bryce.

Publicly declaring her relationship with Bryce could provoke him.

But she hoped Ludwik would get the message: His dirty tricks would get him nowhere.

She wouldn't be bullied.

Grabbing the reporter's microphone, her gaze icy, she retorted, "Thanks for your concern.

Honestly, I worry about my boyfriend too.

Who wouldn't be intimidated by the thought of crossing Harmonia Country's most eligible bachelor?

keep an eye out. If anything happens to

to call the cops for

Ludwik knows how to let go and

tongue-tied. Confronting Ludwik on camera, Whitney must be

among themselves, "There must've been something between Whitney and Ludwik. Did you catch her last words? 'Live and let live.' That's deep."

looks like Ludwik was the one carrying a torch. Poor Florence, stuck in

these

pull up this afternoon's store surveillance. I want to find

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corporate office, Parker watched Whitney's press moment in

Bryce standing together, with Whitney eventually stepping up to challenge Ludwik and even

fixated on Whitney's 'love declaration' for the umpteenth

interview played on repeat in

was his own fantasy... I've got a boyfriend now-we're in a relationship

boyfriend, it's probably Ludwik using his power to suppress him. Please, call the

ghostly pale, his fingers

made their relationship public to protect Bryce,

say, their deeply intertwined past meant

all the stops, facing the media to challenge

the media to watch him,

openly about love and marriage. Those words,

expressions, pierced d

seemed women moved on

really surprised? She was capable of much

Ludwik was devastated.

thought of taking down Bryce lost its

shifted entirely towards

sure what to think, seeing Ludwik

declared to the media she was about to

Whitney has made her stance

Ludwik stood up, his tall frame imposing, like a storm brewing in

flies, one day,

she's left with nothing but her frame, it's up to me to lay it to