Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 685

It was 10 PM.

Ludwik, with his tall and lanky frame, clumsily placed a bill on the bar counter and stumbled out, drunk, into the alley.

In his haze, it seemed he bumped into someone.

Emerging from the moonlit path, the figure shoved Ludwik back with force and let out a loud laugh, "Ludwik, long time no see! Finally got out of the slammer, huh?" "Fancy running into you here!"

Caught off guard and already plastered, Ludwik fell back into a ditch. Rubbing his forehead, he lifted his gloomy gaze and finally saw the face before him. Lane.

Behind him, a bunch of fair-weather friends.

"Look at this, guys, the once mighty Ludwik Lippert, the big shot of the Lippert family. Mr. Lippert was so arrogant back in the day, but look where the Lippert family is now, all fallen from grace, and he still held his head high.

I offered a generous 60 billion last time to take over the Lippert estate, to give them a break.

But what did Ludwik say? Told me to get lost!

Looks like karma finally caught up with him, got arrested for murder!

Oh, Ludwik, Ludwik, look at you now.

Tonight, you're not getting away."

After his tirade, Lane stepped onto Ludwik in the ditch, arrogantly throwing down a contract, "You didn't appreciate the 60 billion offer, Ludwik. Now, I don't want to spend a dime.

Sign over the Lippert estate, or I'll make you wish you were dead tonight!

Oh, too drunk to speak?

Maybe start barking like a dog, entertain us a bit, and maybe we'll go easy on you when we beat you up.

Ha-ha!"

belly protruding, laughed maniacally with his

His entourage laughed along.

out, moved out of the Lippert Resort, Ludwik's net worth can't even compare to yours

company was already

now, Lane,

Ludwik used to be

see him, broke and beaten, not only can you see

Lane roared again.

grew eager,

opened his eyes, his vision blurry and

he didn't care about these nobodies, coldly

Lane, who was stepping on him, to

acting tough at your end." Lane, twisted in pain, coldly signaled, "Beat him down, until he's too weak, then force

knives and clubs,

muck, panting heavily, his eyes red, kicking and punching, initially managing

doubted Bryce's assurance that Ludwik was physically broken. After all, this was Ludwik, a business titan with unmatched skills. Egged on by Bryce and pressured by Wade, Lane was desperate to take over the Lippert estate and prove himself to Wade. Plus, he relished the thought of beating Ludwik down. Recalling Bryce's words, Lane sneered and charged with a

his

still putting up a fight? What

were you, I'd be too

the bone. Oh, right now, she must be in another man's arms, ecstatic in bliss. What

You're just a spectator.

of you fighting

You living is pointless."

his

that moment, Lane kicked his

face ghastly pale, crashing to the

sounds except those taunting words echoing in his head, 'Your company's downfall, your best friend gone, your beloved woman...' What could he

watch, watch Whitney become someone else's

disappear

all his

his self-inflicted sufferings, the countless

fists headed his way, he could have