Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 804

The police had already apprehended the driver responsible for the accident-a disheveled, forty-year-old man with a hearing impairment in his left ear. how I lost control and hit you...

Upon seeing Whitney and Ludwik, the driver immediately fell to his knees, his voice trembling with genuine fear as he apologized, "I'm so sorry, it wasn't on purpose. I'm deaf in my left ear, and I was checking my phone while driving. I didn't hear the traffic signal, and that's

I'm just a regular guy, driving for a living. My family's scraping by, and there's no way I can afford to pay for the damages to your car. Looks like jail is the only option for me."

He looked utterly terrified.

Whitney frowned in annoyance at the driver.

Ludwik, however, gave the driver a chilling glance, his gaze as piercing as x-rays, noting the calluses on the driver's hands and the bulky physique hidden beneath his clothes, "You say it was an accident, or were you paid to do what you're good at? You know what's in your heart. A regular driver? Your build suggests you're more of a bouncer than a driver.

And as for being poor... how come I found out you just sent your son abroad for college a few days ago? Where'd the money for that come from?"

The middle-aged driver paused, a look of confusion crossing his face, "What are you talking about, sir?

I'm in shape because I work out. Nobody said regular folks can't hit the gym.

As for my son's college funds, that was the result of over a decade of hard work and savings.

What exactly are you trying to say?"

"Who paid you?" Ludwik stepped closer, his presence imposing, "I suspect you're not really a driver.

You disguised yourself as one to try and kill me and my child!

this man's situation is not as ordinary as it seems. He only moved to Emperor City a month ago, and his son, who's only 13, was suddenly sent abroad days

saved over the

used to hire the hitman wouldn't be

Ludwik, "Mr. Lippert, we will investigate your concerns. But do you have

some resources to look into this driver's background and found evidence suggesting he might have been hired to pose as a driver, potentially to harm my child and me," Ludwik sighed, "Mr. Wendt, you know my past might have made me

the car accident as

a mere accident, we will

"Thank you, officer."

icy gaze not softening. As he and Whitney walked to the exit, they both understood that the police's investigation might not yield

police the message Ashton sent. It would alert the Patrick family and potentially endanger his undercover operation... I'm sorry, it looks like the police will have to handle the investigation into our son's

nowhere," Whitney said, looking

heat. Think about it, the hitman was a loan from the Patrick family, who are

admiring

years in

downfall, Ludwik's

get you home," Ludwik said gently, opening

moment, Bryce's tall and refined figure stepped

them, standing toe-to-toe with Ludwik, his eyes full of concern for Whitney, "I called Cody, and he said you were at the

considering the accident.

Is everything sorted now?"

son faced and a fierce protective instinct. He was

Bryce, her voice filled with

so anxious earlier that I just sent you a

affection as he reached for her hand. Ludwik's expression hardened, and he swiftly broke Bryce's grip, his stare dark and threatening, "She won't be going with you. The kids are shaken up, and she needs to be with me