Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1001

"Mr. Lutz, remember what I told you, get moving. I've already got Parisa Tennyson wrapped around my finger, she'll start going after Ludwik Lippert soon enough!" And then there's Whitney Valentine.

The very thought of Whitney, that tramp, made Florence Sheldon seethe with hatred. Yet, at that moment, she was smirking with pride. Poor Whitney, probably clueless that her mother is still alive and filthy rich, huh?

Too bad for her, I've got her mother under my thumb now. And I'll use her to bring Whitney down.

Soon, Whitney, Ludwik, and those lapdogs at the Sheldon Group will pay the price.

The Sheldon Group will be mine again, and I'll reclaim my spot as the belle of Emperor City.

Suddenly remembering something important, Florence quickly asked, "Mr. Lutz, did you manage to trip up Ludwik? I've just made amends with Parisa, and he cannot come here to mess things up!"

"Don't worry." Bryce Lutz smirked coldly, "Ludwik is probably hanging by a thread in the forests of central Germinia. If he survives, it'll be a miracle! I had someone lure him into a trap the day before yesterday. The driver took action and has already reported back to me." "Really? Now we can rest easy." Florence laughed heartily.

For now, Ludwik was the only one on her trail, perhaps suspecting something.

If he were dead, she'd have no more worries.

After hanging up, Florence stood up, feeling overjoyed. She walked back to her private ward from the garden, her belly heavy and dragging, the sharp pains like cries for help from the baby inside.

The doctor had suggested inducing labor today since the baby was at risk due to oxygen deprivation.

But she wanted to delay it, to let Whitney's seed perish as revenge.

Now knowing Ludwik's fate was uncertain, she mused that even if he wanted to claim his child, it was impossible.

It was time to schedule the induction.

With a malicious smile, Florence felt utterly relaxed as she returned to her room, about to summon her nanny, Cara, when she sensed something off.

a chilling aura, seemed

gaze seemed to emanate

stalled, sensing someone else

the darkness, her voice trembling,

from the nanny, who should

a sense of imminent danger overwhelming her

spacious ward

on the couch in the dead of night, disbelief in her voice, "...Ludwik?" "How did you find me?

her. Where did it all

man was notoriously resilient. Eliminating him wasn't

ashen, frozen in place at the doorway, too scared to move

long fingers casually extinguishing a cigarette, his voice cold as ice, "Disappointed to see me alive? Bryce told you I was

turned a shade paler, her back against the door, eyes

and black shirt accentuating his imposing figure, like a dark

towering presence felt like a high

fun hiding

you possibly find me..." Florence stammered, disbelief

Even with Ludwik's cunning, it seemed

he escape Bryce's assassination attempt and find her

This was bad news.

her question, his gaze piercing straight to her swollen belly. His heart was like being cut by knives, his eyes turning a shade of blood-red, terrifying

step by

Florence panicked, his gaze

searching for her for a long time, and knowing she fled to Germinia with his child, one could only imagine his seething anger and thirst

to run, desperate

his firm grip, Ludwik

the unborn child. His voice was low and