Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1010

He brooded with a frosty gaze, but before Ludwik could reach Sanctum Mary Medical, his phone erupted into a cacophony of rings!

It was his secretary on the line, voice tinged with panic, "Mr. Lippert, we have a situation. A few skilled intruders barged into the nursery. They're after your child! I can't fend them off alone, I've already called for backup, but please, you need to come back!" The secretary's phone was kicked away, the sound of it crashing resounded through the line.

"What?" Ludwik's pupils dilated with icy rage. "Son of a gun."

His eyes flashed a dangerous red, a deep darkness swirling within as he slapped the dashboard in front of Germinia, the driver, "Step on it!"

But Germinia had its own set of rules, and the distance was not in their favor.

No matter how fast they went, getting back to Sanctum Mary Medical would still take another twenty minutes.

Ludwik, with his long strides, crossed the hospital's garden towards the neonatal emergency department.

Upon reaching his daughter's room, he was met with a scene of chaos at the far end of the corridor, where a secluded room lay in disarray. A doctor stood cowering before an incubator, beside his secretary who was bruised and battered.

Seeing him, the secretary's eyes welled up, "I'm sorry, Mr. Lippert! Your daughter's incubator was forcefully opened by those men, and now she's having some breathing issues."

"What are you waiting for?" Ludwik turned towards the shaken doctor, his voice roaring with urgency, "Treat her now! She must be alright!"

"Sir, I am treating the child! But these men, they were brought here because of you. You forced me into this room, demanding I secretly treat your illegally born child, preventing other doctors from knowing, which means I've been the only one treating her. My skills are limited, you knew this might not go well. Plus, those men disturbed the child, I can't guarantee anything now!"

The doctor, too, erupted in anger, pushed to his limit after days of non-stop work and being held against his will.

Ludwik, seeing his unstable condition, forcefully guided him back to the incubator, his gaze softening as he looked at his daughter wrapped in a blanket, "Just do it!"

He then immediately grabbed his secretary, his eyes sharp as ice, "Where did those men go? How many were there? And the backup? What about Florence, is she unattended?"

to harm the child, I had no choice but to call for backup, he's skilled. But after those men left, the backup realized he needed to check on Florence, and now I don't know the situation." Ludwik's face tensed, releasing the secretary, he barked, "Why didn't you

here, guard this place, I'll check on Florence's

bad feeling

dialed the backup's

it was

on end, his features frosty with rage as he stormed out,

on the other end was frantic, "Mr.

are you?!" Ludwik demanded in a

reported his location, near

scalpel from a nurse's cart, his expression icy, his legs strong and swift as he leaped over the railing,

here..." The backup called from within the bushes at the back

he approached, seeing the backup alone, crouched deep within the bushes, with no adversary in sight, just

Sinking inside, he asked,

this Florence? The ones who caused the commotion in the nursery, were they

was ashen, unable to meet Ludwik's stare, he suddenly flipped the body

only to see two other men dressed

the nanny, already

been

foolishness for not verifying before chasing, it's

his mistake, slapped himself, aware of the gravity of his

out, "Get up! We were understaffed, only you were there, while Florence, she had two groups of accomplices. One to distract you at the nursery, the other to abduct the nanny from the room, then

do

we chase?" Ludwik's eyes narrowed, a cold laugh escaping him, "She's probably long gone. We're unaware of

We've lost her!

a phone, how did she