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 my boyfriend, it's probably Ludwik using his

the cops

hope Ludwik knows how to let go and live and let

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

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

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

these

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

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office, Parker watched Whitney's press moment in

standing together, with Whitney eventually stepping up to

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

repeat in the

his own fantasy... I've got a boyfriend

bad happens to my boyfriend, it's probably Ludwik using his power to suppress

ghostly pale, his fingers nearly

their relationship public to

say, their

out all the stops, facing the media to

asking the media to watch him,

openly about

expressions, pierced d

moved on faster than men after

he really surprised? She was

Ludwik was devastated.

of taking down Bryce lost its

shifted entirely towards

what to think, seeing Ludwik so

the media she

Parker tried to console him, "Since Whitney has made her stance clear, maybe it's time

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

kite flies, one

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