Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1004

"Baby girl..." Ludwik stood outside the glass door, his heart twinging with guilt, "Your little face, so tiny. Just glanced at it in a hurry, but I can see your mom, Whitney, in you. You've been through so much already...

What shall we name you? Maybe we should wait until your mom knows about you, then we can pick out the most beautiful name together.

But little one, you've got to fight, to stay with us until then."

His deep voice murmured in solitude, long fingers covering his bloodshot eyes.

This was his and Whitney's genetics, nothing to do with Florence!

Poor thing, stolen as an embryo, used as a tool to threaten him. After enduring so much, he finally got his child back. Now, all he wanted was for his daughter to survive.

If only she had safely grown inside Whitney, developing healthily...

The night dragged on, but the doctor didn't come out.

His assistant called, "Mr. Lippert, I'm taking over your secretary's duties. Your secretary went to get you some breakfast, you've been up all night.

Also, Florence has been stitched up but left in the operating room, untreated.

It's morning now, and doctors are starting to arrive. They'll notice something's off with Florence. If they call the cops, the Germinia police might arrest us for breaking and entering. Should we, perhaps, eliminate Florence to cover our tracks?

Or what should we do?"

Ludwik frowned, icily. He had lost his sense of reason the night before, but now he was calm, contemplating. Murdering someone in a foreign land was out of the question; it would only get him in deeper trouble. If he was going to eliminate Florence, it would have to be back in his home country!

And more importantly, how did Florence end up in the hospital, and who was paying her hefty medical bills?

Someone was still lurking in the shadows.

eyes narrowed, a cold laugh escaping him, "We'll spare her life for now, use her as bait. Wake her up, put her back in

saving your child first," the assistant

companies in the Berlidon

was Inko Group's

fleeing to Germinia, having an accident right in front of Inko building,

Country, managed by Phineas Wilson, was already the strongest business

connection with

for his opportunistic ways. Their target could very well be

remark after being ousted by Ludwik,

but for Bryce to make a comeback, he needed a giant like

But on what basis?

was the

it was closely linked to

his secretary

baseball cap, "Mr. Lippert, considering our unauthorized entry and coercion,

as cold as winter stars. He sat, not touching his breakfast, eyes never leaving the neonatal ICU, watching doctors fight to save his daughter. He asked without turning,

though looked troubled, "Sanctum Mary Medical is very strict about patient privacy. I tried asking the nurses about

Ms. Turner was staying

looked into what qualifies someone for

of the

largest donor?" Ludwik tapped the chair,

He had a suspicion.

Inko Group every year. Could Florence be

on

turned sharply, removing his stethoscope with

for almost a day and a half. My patience and time

lung infection