Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 997

North?

That's Berlidon, the capital of Germinia, the powerhouse of its commercial and political spheres.

Ludwik closed his eyes briefly, licking his lips, "Come pick me up, heading to Berlidon. I'm injured."

Was Bryce deliberately stalling, perhaps buying time for Florence?

Why were they heading to Berlidon?

Ludwik stared at his severed arm, gritting his teeth in a low growl as he connected it back.

With a grimace, he stood up and walked over to the lifeless driver beside him, pulling out the driver's smartphone. After a quick search, sure enough, he saw a text sent to a domestic number - it was about him, Ludwik. With a cold chuckle, he sent a message: "Ludwik fell into the mountains, fate unknown, mission accomplished."

Then, he tossed the phone away.

Let Bryce relax his guard. He'd head straight to Berlidon, eager to uncover their schemes.

-

Two days later.

Erik laid a document with DNA test results on the desk in front of Parisa.

The woman, closing her luxury pen, looked over the results, her face going pale under the sunlight. She double-checked the 99% mother-daughter match, then lifted her gaze to her assistant, "Are you sure there's no mistake?" "Chairwoman, I sought out Germinia's most authoritative DNA testing center. I personally watched the doctor submit your hair and the young lady's for analysis. There couldn't be an error," Erik confidently replied. Parisa pinched the bridge of her nose, her eyes flickering with complex emotions.

There was disbelief - she had found her daughter in the world so easily?

Her emotions were tumultuous, leaning on her desk, "Find a way to bring that girl to me. I need to see her!"

among the homeless under a bridge and

kept her head down, hiding her eyes. When she looked up, it was with a nervous

turned from behind her desk, examining this stranger 'daughter' with

The sight of the woman

astonishment, her eyes wide as she stepped forward, "Your

she sobbed in disbelief, "Mom... Mom, is

I'd find you here, Mom, I

uneasy demeanor seemed

didn't respond immediately, instead looking to Parisa

when Florence

to explain, as if there wasn't a natural

instinctively pulled away slightly from Florence, her sharp gaze observing her, her expression calming slightly, "Child, what's

Florence noticed her

a bit, biting her lip nervously, "I'm sorry! I was too excited and threw myself at you. Mom, do you dislike me? Or do you not remember me? I'm Florence, I've missed you so

Parisa softened.

the DNA test, this girl was her flesh

temperament has grown cold, don't be offended. Why did you come to find me?

an underlying

the DNA results, this woman wasn't fully

times in her heart, looking down as she said, "Mom, my name is Florence, your daughter from Harmonia Country. We were separated when I was just over

never found you again...

had naturally investigated Whitney's backstory in Banyan City before

expression lost, "My father

certain to Florence that she had lost all

on her face, "I have an uncle. After the accident,

biological father found me and took me back to

remarried and had a daughter

despite abandoning you, he

I was in that home, my nightmare