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.

long forgotten what Sophie looked like, after all, theirs was a marriage

"Is it you?"

have come," Sophie murmured, her voice as faint as a mosquito. Her timid nature made it hard for her to

you to your bed and call a doctor for you," she offered in a voice

breathing heavily, lost for

glanced back, and the maid, catching her signal, rushed in to

bedroom

probing look, "I didn't mean to intrude. If you want me to leave, I will. The doctor should be here soon." She knew

and Jason had refused to see her, she understood his

Thea and others belittled Jason, wanting to help but couldn't let Jason face humiliation because of her, so she held back until it seemed he might take drastic actions.

Sophie froze.

is really in jail,

welled up as she

is falling apart, and no one even bothered to tell me about Ludwik's

want to upset you right after your surgery," Sophie explained softly, then encouraged him, "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 end. The stress could worsen your condition, but you must

fell silent for a moment, then coldly

hidden in the dim light, regretting speaking

for a man who had always been seen as dignified and untouchable, except in the presence of the president.

had saved

deading to

let go of. Despite 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 Lippert family from

Jason realized he was the one who

seen him as a deity, too sacred to

now, he was truly

gasping for air, removed his oxygen mask and fainted, overwhelmed by rage and

need a

Natalie's