Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 867

Sammy had always feared that his dad, Ludwik, might not want the baby that Florence was carrying. This fear kept him from confiding in the adults around him; adults were just too unpredictable.

At heart, Sammy was pure. He only wanted to protect his little sister.

Now, realizing he was powerless, he had no choice but to turn to Ludwik for help.

"My boy," Ludwik said, his voice heavy yet unable to hide a surge of emotion, as he shared a heartfelt truth with his son, "Sammy, listen. Whether I like it or not, the thought of this baby being your mom's child makes me want to ensure her safe arrival into this world. You say she's your sister, then she's your sister.

She will grow up to be as beautiful as your mom was.

Maybe her being in Florence's womb is a bit of a scandal, but nobody wanted things to turn out this way. Life is innocent, and I don't want to harm her!"

That child carried Whitney's blood, her DNA.

Ludwik couldn't bear the thought. It didn't matter whose womb she was in; he would raise her as his own daughter.

As for whether Whitney could accept this...

Ludwik lowered his eyes, "What's important now is bringing her into the world safely. If your mom can't accept her, then we'll just keep it between us guys for now. This child has nothing to do with Florence!

I'm afraid your mom might regret knowing the truth later. We can't do something she'll regret, what do you think?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking!" Sammy felt a weight lift from his shoulders, getting the answer he had hoped for.

Ludwik was reliable. He wasn't going to let a dispute with mom lead to rejecting this innocent child.

"Thank you, Dad," Sammy said, clenching his fists.

Ludwik's gaze sharpened on him, "Since you chose tonight to tell me all this, Sammy, you must know where Florence is, right?" "Yeah, I know where she is!"

"What are we waiting for? We need to act fast, Sammy! We must find this woman and deal with her, damn it!"

scooped up his son and hurried down the stairs with

just coming back from setting off fireworks with

to see Ludwik and Sammy with grim expressions. Ludwik's handsome

on her, a thousand unspoken words hiding in the depths of

smile faded, "Ludwik... What's

pounded, his gaze

struggled to remain

quickly put a hand on his broad shoulder and forced a smile, turning to Whitney, "Dad's upset about something at Lippert Group. That's all." "The Lippert Group? What happened?" Whitney stepped forward,

it was just

at her earlier, though, was so

noticed Ludwik's tense profile and questioned

been a hiccup with a new product launch, and I... I'm taking Sammy with me to sort it

the middle of the night? He's so young and wouldn't understand..." Whitney was puzzled, noticing the secret looks exchanged between father and son. "Mom! That-handling this requires hacking into some systems, and Dad thinks I might be of help. Plus,

quickly covered with

ran over, "Then I want to

glanced at Ludwik, biting his lip, his

wanna stay, Dad,

Ludwik couldn't help but raise his

two sons, his mind and heart filled with thoughts of the daughter taken

take Danny and get some rest early tonight. I'll take care of Sammy; we just need to step out for a bit."

"Ludwik..."

them, filled with doubts. Did it have to be

as if they were hiding

didn't seem like just a business

the house at a

Dad driving

the clock; it was

anxious... Let's leave it be. Tomorrow, I'll ask your granddad if there's really something going on with the Lippert estate." "Yeah! That's a good