Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 624

"I had no choice but to let the old man believe I'd turned into a fool. His reaction? Well, Florence saw it all, believing I'd become the perfect puppet she could manipulate at will. She let down her guard around me. That's my ticket in. To snoop around, unearth the secrets she's hiding with Ryan."

Danny caught on, "Got it! You're staying close, pretending to be loyal, acting like you don't recognize your own folks!"

Sammy nodded.

"But what's your end game? What's the mystery you haven't solved?"

Sammy's expression darkened, "It's about Mom."

"Mom?!"

"Before she fell ill, Ryan sneakily had her laid up in a hospital surgery room. At that time, I was trapped in that same hospital and happened to see her."

Danny's eyes widened as he remembered, "Was it a month ago? No wonder Mom said she thought she saw you after her hospital visit for a stomach check-up.

We even searched that hospital for you afterward, but you were gone.

Mom started to believe she had hallucinations.

But it wasn't! You were actually locked up by Florence in the hospital!"

Sammy nodded, signaling silence, "Ryan's not around now, but his household staff and daughter are.

Danny, long story short, there are speculations I'd rather not disclose just yet.

All I know is something must've happened to Mom in that surgery room. I'm worried Florence and Ryan implanted something in her... like a bomb.

I have to dig out this secret.

So, I must stay, keep my cover. I want to ensure Mom's safety. Do you understand?"

Danny's heart raced with anxiety, "You mean Mom's in danger?" His voice quivered, "God, I had no clue, and neither did she!

She thought she just had an endoscopy that day."

more than an endoscopy, but what exactly, I'm not

ashamed, "Sammy, you're incredible. Compared to you,

while I was being pampered by

escape Florence's clutches, I can only imagine how much you

protect her, you chose to stay here as a spy, risking

proud to have a brother like you for Mom. She'd be heartbroken

his cold cheeks, "So, this stays between us until I find solid answers. Don't tell Parker, Grandma, or even Dad when

nodded, his expression turning gloomy, "Dad's whereabouts are unknown,

rumors are nasty, claiming he's abandoned his career and family, eloped

stocks are

actions may embarrass Florence, making her marriage into the Lippert family a

gleeful, "But what I'm most glad about is

I knew from the start he wanted to marry Mom to climb the Sheldon family ladder. His ambitions

Dad, saying he convinced Mom to have an abortion, getting rid of Dad's

filled Dad with hatred

I'm clueless, but I'm not stupid. I always catch bits and pieces of

sure if Mom being

but the baby was gone before we knew it, and Mom wouldn't admit she had the abortion... Dad thought

en novelxo

affairs are too complicated, Sammy, you don't know how much I've

grudges only deepen, leaving me to watch them drift

with Dad's child, it was the

the dots for Sammy, "Wait, what did you say? Mom seemed

sure she was pregnant last

Sammy's breathing halted.

his head before nodding, "I

for a long check-up.

then Mom told Tiana it was all Dad's overreaction; she

could Mom not know she was

how could Mom, having experienced childbirth before, not know she was pregnant? Was Dad hiding

Mom was unaware, but

clue clicked for Sammy

Florence's pregnancy, and it seemed connected to