Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 744

"The blast happened in just a blink of an eye, who could've expected it! I heard from the mansion's staff that a man and a woman had walked into the greenhouse. There was a balcony there for guests to enjoy a smoke or just get some fresh air, even had an elevator. Imagine if that couple got trapped in the elevator with the explosion happening... The sound of it shook me to the core." Shane recounted with vivid detail, "Mr. Wilson turned as pale as a ghost. A housewarming party turned into a disaster. Firefighters and paramedics are still on their way, but I doubt anyone inside made it out alive.

I called because I was scared you might've wandered into the greenhouse. Thank goodness you left early."

Whitney listened in shock, her thoughts inadvertently drifting to Ludwik.

She had left, but had Ludwik left the Wilson's mansion?

He mentioned he came to the party just to see her.

Could he have... walked into that greenhouse? Given his habit of stepping out for a smoke...

This thought barely had time to settle before Whitney's face lost all color.

"I'll let you go, it's chaos over here. Since you're safe, that's all that matters," Shane said before hanging up.

Whitney gripped her phone tightly in silence.

Bryce glanced over, concern etching his features, "Whitney, what's wrong? You look terrible."

"Mr. Nelson just called. There was a sudden explosion in the greenhouse at the Wilson's mansion. He thought I was caught in it."

Bryce's eyes darkened with something unspoken, worry evident in his voice, "Was anyone in the greenhouse?"

"A man and a woman, probably guests from tonight's party."

Whitney replied distractedly, "No idea who's trapped inside, but with the firefighters yet to arrive, no one dares to approach the blast site. Heard there's an elevator involved, probably got them stuck real bad." A man and a woman?

Bryce caught onto this detail, his expression changing instantly.

He narrowed his eyes subtly, though his face otherwise maintained a composed lament, "How could such an accident happen..."

Whitney looked down, her brows furrowed in worry, then suddenly said, "Bryce, can you pull over?"

"What's wrong?" Bryce frowned, turning to her.

"I just realized I left my clutch

Mr. Nelson called to check on me. As a friend, I feel I should go back

gaze deep and lips curling with a hint of

back, wanting to see if

matter, Ludwik was

How amusing.

would no longer be a thorn in

Bryce made a turn.

they arrived at the gates of the Wilson Manor, just as Whitney

why he hadn't

in

heart trembled violently, almost too afraid to confirm her fears, hesitant to read

the greenhouse elevator from the second floor. After the explosion, the elevator plummeted to the ground floor,

He was dead...

that couldn't

was passionately kissing her behind the

taste his intoxicating kiss, hear his seductive voice in her

now, he was supposedly

was being squeezed, her vision

trembled uncontrollably holding the

despised Ludwik, so

death, did she feel so lost,

messages kept coming, Shane:

you sure it

doesn't lie. He went in, followed by Ronan's daughter, and then the greenhouse just exploded! Not a single part of the second floor

parked the car, having received the news as

How could Jarvis mess

wasn't directly involved, merely suggested the idea. Even if Phineas and his

unfortunate

as long as Ludwik was out of the

and distraught next to him, a cold smile

heard about Ludwik's