Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1058 The man raised his large hand, trying to calm her down. "Whitney, just hear me out..."

"Hear you out about what? About how you and he conned me, or about how this child was brought back by Ludwik from Florence?"

Her eyes couldn't help but tremble with anger. It all came back to her now. When she had asked Ludwik what he was up to in Eurovoria, he said he was retrieving something important from Florence.

She felt so foolish, having thought it was some documents or critical business secrets. How could she have imagined it was a person, a child, a living, breathing infant?!

Whitney was on the brink of being overwhelmed by the insane speculations swirling in her mind. She stared directly at Shane, her eyes blazing, "Is this baby Florence's?"

"Whitney, I..." Shane was at a loss for words.

His silence only made Whitney's composure crumble further.

Flashes of memories from eight months ago surged through her mind. She vividly remembered Ludwik and Florence having a drunken night together, though he had fervently explained afterward that nothing happened between them. Even when Florence turned out to be pregnant, he insisted the child wasn't his. Whitney had been so disillusioned back then, forcing herself not to care whether Florence's child was his. Then, so many things happened. They were both too caught up in their own issues.

Yet, oddly enough, Ludwik had never once pressured Florence to terminate the pregnancy. Now, looking back, Whitney realized the signs had been there all along.

Even when Florence was ousted from the Sheldon Group, she was still very much pregnant. Ludwik never made her get rid of the child.

And Whitney had believed his lies, thinking the baby had nothing to do with him. But now... ten months later, Ludwik had gone all the way to Eurovoria to bring back his own flesh and blood.

"This baby, it's the child Florence carried for Ludwik, isn't it? It's his own flesh and blood, isn't it?" Whitney asked Shane, her voice hoarse with tears and accusation.

Shane watched her face crumble, the beauty marred by heartbreak and anger. He hesitated, unsure of what to say, but he could only state what he knew. "Whitney..."

tell me," she

weren't pregnant during those months. I

back a couple

the pieces fit together

Without a word, he had quietly placed the baby in Shane's care at the

I know you're furious right now. But there's something I still don't understand.

a moment,

She couldn't comprehend it!

the most. Sammy and Danny also knew about Ludwik bringing back a

them had conspired to keep her in

her so deeply in the dark, she was completely

they visiting this baby? Didn't they know

It was too disappointing.

had been by her side since he was little, had betrayed her this time, standing with

wave of unprecedented desolation and emptiness washed over

disappointment, unable to pull herself

since it was almost born! So, he tells me sweet lies of regret, while secretly going to Eurovoria to claim his child. Fine. He's even convinced Sammy and Danny to join his side.

unable to stand there

clenched tight, her face pale as snow, she stopped

bolted out of

collected woman, excellent at handling problems. But now,

empathize with her

she didn't need him. But