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?

to keep an eye out. If anything happens to my boyfriend,

call the cops

knows how to let go and live and let

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

Whitney and Ludwik. Did you catch her last words? 'Live and let live.' That's deep." "But she's clearly devoted to her

looks like Ludwik was the one carrying a torch. Poor Florence, stuck in the middle of her sister's love triangle without saying a

overhearing these comments,

up this afternoon's store surveillance. I want to find out who's been taking

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the corporate office, Parker watched Whitney's press

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

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

played on repeat in the quiet

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

probably Ludwik using his power to suppress him.

pale, his fingers

public to protect Bryce, even announcing an upcoming

their deeply

she was pulling out all the

the media to watch

with such determination, talking openly about love and

expressions, pierced d

seemed women moved on

She was capable

Ludwik was devastated.

down Bryce lost

anger shifted

sure what to think, seeing Ludwik

declared to the media she

"Since Whitney has made her stance clear,

stood up, his tall frame imposing, like a storm

kite flies, one day, I'll clip its

frame, it's up to me