Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 682

"Ludwik, did you actually record it? Record us... you jerk!"

Whitney's mind was stuck on the video, her eyes red with fury, her body trembling uncontrollably, overwhelmed with humiliation. "You're such a scoundrel, this is too much. I will never forgive you for this, ever." Ludwik knew he had hurt her again.

He sneered coldly, "I don't care anymore. I knew you'd never forgive me.

But I didn't want you to be fooled. Bryce, making his mark in Emperor City, do you have any idea what kind of forces he's leaning on?

Don't be deceived by his lovestruck facade. How do you know he's not playing a long game, pretending to be all sweet and caring, but harboring ulterior motives?"

"Enough already. Bryce isn't like that.

Besides, he's doing pretty well for himself, what would he possibly want from me?"

"The Sheldon Group! No matter how his company grows, it needs the backing of a powerful dynasty.

He could also be after your affection, waiting for you to fall for him, and then, when you're vulnerable, he could strike back at you, tarnish you!"

Ludwik's words sent an inexplicable chill down Whitney's spine.

Still, she retorted, "Ludwik, you won't divide us."

Annoyed, she hung up the phone!

Standing on the balcony, the chilly night air made her shiver even more. Wrapping her arms around herself, Whitney returned to her room, where Danny was already soundly asleep. She walked out to the study, where Sammy was still tapping away.

Looking at her phone, Whitney couldn't calm down.

Finally, she retreated to the secluded bathroom, opened the video Ludwik had sent, and put on her headphones.

In just a few seconds, Whitney's face turned red, a wave of incredulity and rage washing over her.

The video was dark, illuminated only by moonlight streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows, reflecting off the ocean, giving the room a romantic ambiance...

There she was with Ludwik, wrapped in a quilt, their silhouettes entwined like vines, passionately inseparable. Ludwik's perfect torso was exposed, while she hid in his embrace, her hands trembling as she clung to his neck. Her voice... sounded so tender... almost as if she was enjoying it.

Impossible!

She thought she was heartbroken and desperate that night.

seem like she and Ludwik were

Whitney shivered violently, feeling mortified. But then she thought, any man seeing such a video couldn't

her return, Bryce hadn't mentioned it, hadn't asked her

he told her was how much

it now, Bryce seemed too magnanimous, unsettlingly

in such intimacy with another man on their wedding night, she wouldn't be able to

course, it might also be due to a pitiful, blind love, a

Bryce fell into the latter category, then

it

tightly in her quilt, Whitney felt

warning wasn't just an

-

The next morning.

up, while Sammy was

out thieving last night? You're usually not one to

sleepy eyes, afraid that his mom would discover he hadn't slept at all,

hiding in the

head; he had been

Florence cozying up to that scoundrel Jarvis last night, Sammy

he saw Florence and Jarvis in a private box,

definitely up to no

mom had just managed to kick Florence out of the company, and he didn't want the

know, helping grandma..." Sammy fibbed, having

"Internet junkie," Danny commented.

"And whose idea was it to

I don't have his knack for computers, all of dad's smarts

Whitney took

living room, Bryce and Uncle Tim were deep in

moment, Whitney found herself staring

window, casting a warm glow on

mind briefly clouded with doubt, until Bryce turned to

stare? Time for

Lutz is," Tiana joked, lightening

Danny breakfast. Dressed in a sweater and casual

like

really act as if nothing had happened, unaffected