Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 858

Florence never thought Ludwik would pull such a bold move, flipping Bryce's world upside down.

With Bryce out of the picture, she had barely settled back into the Sheldon Group when Whitney's shadow loomed over her once again, threatening to kick her out. Florence was determined not to spend her life being overshadowed and tormented by Whitney. That woman... was now her only way out. Staying would only lead to being caught by Whitney eventually.

"Fine, I'll leave. But will the journey be safe? And the baby, the doctor said there might be a risk of premature birth in the next two months."

Bryce glanced at her belly with disdain, his eyes blazing with hatred, "I want Ludwik to suffer deeply in the future, and you must bring this child into the world. I'll have someone escort you. Tonight, you'll disappear without a trace, same goes for when you arrive there. But remember, Florence, once you find that woman, don't even think about pushing me aside.

You're a fake, and I know everything."

Bryce pointed at his own eyes with two fingers, his face sinister as he warned her, effectively silencing Florence's scheming thoughts. She gritted her teeth inwardly.

He knew her secret, and it seemed she couldn't shake off this dog.

With a flattering smile, she said, "If I make it big, I'll definitely help you, Mr. Lutz, through this tough time."

Bryce smirked, ambition still burning in his eyes, and patted her face, "That's more like it. I'm counting on your good news. Better do as I say."

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At the Patrick family.

In the study, Wade and Jarvis were fuming. Jarvis cursed out loud, "These arms dealers from the Middle East are acting like bandits. It's our fault our product didn't hit the market, but why should these companies demand ten times the compensation? The contract stated double.

Uncle, we're about to lose five hundred billion just to these three arms dealers.

Forget lending Bryce two hundred billion; the Patrick Group's liquid assets are nearly drained.

small and large domestic orders are

to those elite circles in Emperor City who used to suck up to you, and hardly

of Phineas's Inko Group. Their influence

rose to be the top

Of course, they couldn't.

had risen hastily after taking down the Lippert family, a feat accomplished in just

reputation of defeating Jason Lippert, Wade had become a figure not to be underestimated by Emperor City's

Jason's son to lie in wait so deeply,

act of revenge took the Patrick Group by

family, lacking core technology within. Wade had hoped to establish the Patrick Group's

was the money

doing everything

emerged Patrick Group could collapse as swiftly

Group could withstand

already been

Jarvis, cursing under his breath, exclaimed, "Uncle! The Lippert family is now strutting around proudly. Ludwik's aerospace technology has been applied to rocket launches, and many companies are eagerly signaling their

Lippert family still manage to resist and gradually get on top

you grew

frivolous and

felt aggrieved. Wade was his biological father, yet since he and Thea

affection, it was from Jason,

"Now you think I haven't learned enough? Why didn't you educate me properly when I was younger? In your quest for the Lippert family, you abandoned your own son on the battlefield, letting Jason, with his

don't even deserve to be called

you have

Wade's face was a picture of

a long conversation with Thea about whether to tell Jarvis that he was his biological son,

was ambitious and greedy, a man who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted. Knowing his true parentage could only make him more arrogant and manipulative, and Wade wasn't ready to be held hostage by his own son's machinations. "How did you find out? Did Thea tell you?" Wade questioned, his