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?

anything happens

to call the cops for

how to let go and live and

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

Did you catch her last words? 'Live

the one carrying a torch. Poor Florence, stuck in

these

this afternoon's store surveillance. I want to find out

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Parker watched Whitney's press moment in

video from the mall showed Whitney and Bryce standing together, with Whitney eventually stepping up to challenge Ludwik and even warning him! "Ludwik,

up to see Ludwik fixated on Whitney's 'love declaration' for

on repeat in the quiet

fantasy... I've got a boyfriend now-we're in a relationship and planning

probably Ludwik using his power to suppress

turned ghostly pale, his fingers

made their relationship public to

dared to say, their deeply intertwined

pulling out all the stops, facing the

asking the media to watch him, to pressure

Bryce with such determination, talking openly about

expressions, pierced d

women moved on faster

She was

Ludwik was devastated.

down

anger shifted entirely

Parker wasn't sure what to think, seeing Ludwik so

had declared to the media she

"Since Whitney has made her stance clear, maybe it's

Ludwik stood up, his tall frame imposing, like a storm brewing in his eyes. "Let her go? No,

flies, one day,

but her frame, it's up to me