Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1020

sure of.

She was the epitome of kindness, grace, and warmth, always able to discern right from wrong. Even when faced with situations that left her startled and initially resistant, she would eventually come around, especially if a child's welfare was at stake. That much he was Yet, the words he wanted to say got stuck in his throat, never making it out.

"What do you mean by actually?" Whitney eyed him suspiciously, trying to decipher the unspoken thoughts behind his evasive gaze.

"Nothing, let's just get dinner started, I'm famished." Ludwik's slender fingers rested elegantly on his knee.

Whitney pursed her lips, sensing his reluctance. She had seen him return home, looking rather out of sorts. Frowning slightly, she probed, "Are you sure it's nothing?"

The man paused, a faint smile playing on his lips, "I was just about to compliment you on being a great mother. What, want to hear more?"

Whitney brushed off his comment with annoyance and turned away, her slim figure heading towards the kitchen.

Ludwik leaned forward to grab his glass, his gaze darkening.

A small figure approached, Sammy, having finally managed to send Danny upstairs to get dressed.

Sammy came to his dad's side, catching Ludwik's attention.

He had already noticed Sammy's unease.

Almost in sync with Sammy's worried glance towards the kitchen, Ludwik wrapped an arm around his concerned child, his voice somber, "She's back, daddy brought your sister home, but..." "But what?" Sammy looked up, his eyes reddening, "I want to see her. Daddy, I want to see her!"

"It's complicated."

son's trembling hand, placing a finger to his lips to keep him quiet, "We can't let mommy

it, a tear rolling down his cheek,

his head, his expression

Sammy buried

his eyes with his sleeve and looked complicatedly at his unknowing mother before pretending to walk away. Ludwik watched his son with

time arrived, members of

Lippert and his wife, accompanied by a bewildered Justin Lippert, made their

by her caretaker, emerged from

Ludwik, Camilla paused, then shouted upstairs, "Whitney, Whitney... look, Ludwik's back! I told you not to worry, Ludwik isn't a disobedient child. See how much he cares about his twins, he's home now!" "Grandma." Ludwik lifted his dark eyes, signaling

embarrassed by her loudness and rushed

head out, flustered by Ludwik's suggestive words, she explained, "I got his message in the morning, brought the kids down. He

clear; she was merely obliging, not positioning herself as a devoted

don't need to explain. You're just concerned about me, worried I hadn't eaten and

were slow and deliberate,

handing over the kettle to a servant, "You guys go ahead, I've got things to

kitchen, unwilling to

by the couple's awkwardness, couldn't

a wife? Whitney, don't take him too seriously. I saw how happy he was with your loving breakfast!" "Camilla..." Whitney was at a loss for

"Why don't you sit over there and read the paper? I'll let you know when breakfast

glanced upstairs towards his father's

for the family, bore a striking resemblance to the lady of the Lippert household, which filled

butler hurriedly reported, "Mr. Lippert, the senior has been working late at the company. With you away, the Lippert Group needed

appreciated." Ludwik nodded, acknowledging the critical stage of their aerospace technology project with Inko Group, where no mistakes could afford to be made. The

to Ludwik's mind. With Phineas attacked, the underlying plots against Inko Group or

weight of these responsibilities, Ludwik's