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?

I'm counting on you, the media, to keep an eye out. If anything happens

call the cops for

to let go and live and

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

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

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

overhearing these comments,

returned in kind. "Nyx, pull up this afternoon's store surveillance. I want to find out

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corporate office, Parker watched Whitney's press

with Whitney eventually stepping up to challenge Ludwik and even warning him!

up to see Ludwik fixated on Whitney's 'love

interview played on repeat in the

to marry me was his own fantasy... I've got a boyfriend now-we're

it's probably Ludwik using his

ghostly pale, his fingers nearly crushing the

public to protect Bryce,

say, their deeply intertwined past meant

the stops, facing the

the media to watch him, to pressure

protecting Bryce with such determination, talking openly about

expressions, pierced d

moved on faster than men

he really surprised? She was capable

Ludwik was devastated.

down Bryce lost

anger shifted entirely towards

what to

declared to the media she

Whitney has made her stance clear, maybe it's time to let go. It's best for

his tall frame imposing, like a storm brewing in his eyes. "Let her

kite flies, one day,

frame, it's