Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 648

Grace coldly walked past Heidi without a glance.

Heidi's heart ached with reluctance, but thinking of her own future, she glanced at Jason and felt compelled to chase after Grace, leaving Jason behind. "Mom, mom, I'm totally lost here. Give me a moment to think..." Jason's lips quivered with anger as he lay on the ground, his fists pounding the floor in frustration.

He watched in agony as Heidi abandoned him, just like his daughter had discarded her father.

The daughter he had raised turned out to be just like her mother, an ungrateful traitor!

Such betrayal, so infuriating.

He had once been proud of his life, but now it seemed like a joke played on him by others.

Crawling towards the window, his heart felt as dead as ashes.

Just then, the door creaked slightly open-

As Jason struggled to his feet and gathered his strength to open the window, a frail figure rushed behind him, embracing him with a mix of fear and courage, pleading, "Please, don't!" The force of her approach sent both tumbling to the ground.

Sophie hit the ground hard but held onto Jason tightly, preventing him from falling out of the window.

"Who are you?!" Jason turned around, alert.

In the dim light, he saw the silhouette of a middle-aged woman, her body thin and fingers delicate.

Her lips were pale, her hair neatly tied back, and her delicate features were visibly ill, yet her youthful beauty was still evident.

Jason's gaze lingered, recognizing the shadow of Ludwik in her appearance.

what Sophie looked like, after all, theirs was a marriage marred by a

"Is it you?"

I shouldn't have come," Sophie murmured, her voice as faint as a mosquito. Her timid nature made it hard for

seriously ill; you can't afford another fall. If you don't mind, let me help you to your bed and call a doctor for you," she offered in a voice so gentle it seemed to calm

heavily, lost for

catching her signal, rushed in to

bedroom of Mr. Lippert, the patriarch of

felt sorrowful, stealing glances at Jason's proud figure and quickly spoke up when she caught his probing look, "I didn't mean to intrude. If you want me to leave, I will. The doctor should be here soon." She

her to Emperor City for surgery and Jason had refused to

the door, hearing how Thea and others belittled Jason, wanting to help but couldn't let Jason face humiliation because of

Sophie froze.

really in jail,

up

falling apart, and no one

"You must stay strong. Thea's visit was probably aimed at aggravating you with that man from the Patrick family, hoping to drive you to your

moment, then coldly said, "You heard

hidden in the dim light, regretting speaking too

let out a long, mocking laugh, a rare display of emotion for a man who had always been seen as dignified and untouchable, except in the presence of the president. Yet his seemingly perfect life had been tainted by

had saved Sophie

to a

his lack of love for Thea or any woman, his life was dedicated to his family's legacy. Yet, he had unknowingly nurtured a worm in Wade that was slowly destroying the

with the Lippert family in ruins and Ludwik disgraced, Jason realized he

had always seen him as a deity, too sacred to approach, her hidden adoration buried

now, he

mask and fainted, overwhelmed by

need a

Natalie's