Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 643

Whitney froze in place, a thick tension seizing her body.

That wasn't Danny's voice, she was certain!

She spun around almost instantly, only to see a small figure standing behind her. He had Danny's face, but those tear-brimmed eyes looked at her with a depth and calmness, slowly breaking into a smile. "Mommy, I missed you so much."

Time seemed to stand still.

Whitney's heart clenched, and she quickly blinked away the tears, reminding herself that she couldn't cry upon seeing Sammy. After everything he'd been through, she didn't want to add to his pain. She had to smile.

With a smile, Whitney carefully crouched down and opened her arms wide, "Sammy, my little heart."

Sammy dropped his backpack and rushed into her embrace, his laughter filling the air around them.

Whitney felt his frail frame and couldn't help the tears that threatened to spill. She gently touched his head, her voice cautious, "Danny mentioned you got a bit hurt, my sweetheart. Can you tell mommy where it hurts?" Sammy knew Danny had followed his instructions.

He also knew his mom was checking his head.

He brushed it off with a light kiss on her cheek, "It's a minor injury, mommy. You don't have to worry. I'm already getting it looked at."

""Will it heal?" Whitney's voice was heavy with concern.

"It will, it just needs some time. And I have to stay at the doctor's for a while."

"Sammy, when were you... found?"

The boy looked down, "About a month ago."

Whitney paused, then why hadn't Ludwik told her?

She had been kept in the dark, believing she had to marry Bryce to fulfill a deal with Florence and get Sammy back.

Reading his mom's thoughts, Sammy didn't want to make excuses for his dad. He revealed, "Dad probably thought I was very sick and didn't want to worry you."

Is that so?

ask her son about the torments he might have faced under Florence's

sound cheerful, "But that's all in the past now! Sammy, no more fears. You're back with mommy. I'll never let you or your

eyes

by Florence, the witch. But his mom's

to tell her

a reason to stay close to Ryan, to secure one last

Florence was carrying

his mom would face it all. Perhaps, he could only

echoed from

up, hand firmly holding her

wonderful," Bryce said, a smile breaking

turned to Bryce,

months," Bryce approached, patting his head. Sammy seemed more polite than that little devil Danny. And since

sure

him several times

balance in

chance to

with Florence, he'd hesitate to disrupt her plans at

Bryce had come, even

Sammy pondered...

Whitney, I caught

to overdose your father, making it look like a medical accident. Hugh's

as

must be on their side, helping his mom so much, likely unrelated to

backpack, eyeing the red marks on his screen, "Hugh probably didn't expect mom to be back. Caught him off guard, and now he's on the

her son, Whitney's gaze hardened, "Bryce, take those two for interrogation. I want a confession, revealing the

understand. Leave this

his bodyguards,

his backpack, stepped into

seeing his grandfather, even though he had the hospital under