Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 856

Whitney sighed, her tone laced with exasperation, "Do you think I'd let him install cameras in the bedroom?" Ludwik's gaze darkened, "What about the bathroom?"

"Absolutely not!"

Whitney's face flushed with indignation, "If he did, do you think I could ever feel comfortable living there?"

"You didn't tell me about this at all."

Ludwik suddenly swerved the steering wheel, his lips pressed into a thin line.

Whitney was jolted by his abrupt movement, her soft hair brushing against her fair cheeks. She peeked at him through her locks, noticing the storm brewing in his expression, "What's got you so mad, Ludwik?" "What do you think I'm mad about?"

His question was gentle yet loaded with restraint.

"If I had known you were living under his watch, I never would've agreed to let you stay in that mansion! Whitney, if he ever spied on you in the shower, I'd gouge his eyes out!"

Whitney fell silent for a moment, her heart racing.

From the turmoil in his deep eyes, she knew he wasn't speaking lightly.

Her fingers twitched as she hurriedly explained, "Are you out of your mind? He didn't. I know how to protect myself."

Ludwik scoffed, "If you knew how to protect yourself, how did you almost end up choked or poisoned that night? I never want to experience that fear again. I hate that I didn't know the danger you were in by staying with Bryce. You kept it from me. If it weren't for Tiana and Parker arriving in time, and Sammy spilling the beans, do you have any idea what Bryce could've done to you? My woman, I won't let him lay a finger on you, not even a glance, without making him pay tenfold!"

Whitney stared at his determined features, feeling her heart tremble with a mix of emotions, eventually settling into a warm flutter.

She clenched her fists, reminding herself not to be swayed by his words.

observing his brooding appearance and muttered, "Anyway, I got out

that?" Ludwik turned to her again, his tone

her words, aiming

Rolls-Royce to the side of the road and leaned in

overshadowed as she tried to push him away,

someone a lesson about burning bridges," he said with a sinister smile,

lesson? Stay back!" Whitney protested, her cheeks burning with

a lesson, huh? Whitney." His hand brushed her cheek, leaving her shivering with a mixture of anger

was your choice. If you didn't want to, whatever happened to the Sheldon Group would not be your

gently, his voice filled with resignation, "I cherish you too much. I would never let you suffer for the sake of business or profit, not even the slightest. I would never make you wait in distress, hoping for a turnaround.

What next?

propose they get back

eyes wide and glistening as she

couldn't let him continue, not

next words with her hand against his mouth while he kissed her palm

"Damn." Ludwik cursed silently.

and don't overstep," Whitney

her, before he

to her neck as she leaned back, trying to calm her racing heart. "Bryce has already met his downfall. Let's just watch him unravel. Don't do anything rash that could tarnish our reputation. The Lippert family's products are just hitting the market;

me? Worried about

no part of it." "Whitney," he said, echoing

haven't made it yet. If you fall again, I don't want people thinking I'm close to you. I need to

the Sheldon Group?" Ludwik pinched her, though he knew she was

how tender-hearted she could be, especially towards

over to Grandma's place? Danny and Sammy have been missing you,

Whitney was torn.

his place