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!"

a haggard-looking Florence among the homeless under a bridge and

office, Florence kept her head down, hiding her eyes. When she looked up, it was with

aura of elegance and chill, turned from behind her

woman made Florence

eyes wide as she stepped forward,

her own face, she sobbed in disbelief, "Mom... Mom, is that you? I've been searching

face, "I never thought I'd find you here, Mom, I finally found you! Mr. Erik, what's happening?" Florence, wiping her tears, looked bewilderedly at

innocent, uneasy demeanor seemed genuinely unaware

respond immediately, instead looking to Parisa

of 'Mom', Parisa's heart ached, but for some reason, when Florence approached her, she felt

if there wasn't a

calming slightly, "Child, what's your name, how old are you? Where do you

noticed

excited and threw myself at you. Mom, do you dislike me? Or

Parisa softened.

DNA test, this girl

head, smiling for the first time, "I've been alone for years, my temperament has grown cold, don't be offended. Why

was an underlying

results, this woman wasn't fully

name is Florence, your daughter from Harmonia Country. We were separated when I

never found you

naturally investigated Whitney's backstory in Banyan City before coming. She mentioned these details,

lost, "My father

that she had lost

have an uncle. After the accident, I lived with him, struggling

my biological father found me and took me

and had

he once loved you, despite abandoning you,

was in that home,