Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1079

He pondered coldly, "I've had my suspicions for a while now.

A couple of days ago, I was on the phone with Whitney, trying to gauge her reactions.

Both she and Keegan are convinced her mother died in that car crash years ago. She even mentioned that Keegan saw his sister in the car.

I brushed off my doubts at the time.

But now, it seems there's more to this than meets the eye!

Could her mother still be alive? Maybe she's even the one pulling the strings at Inko Group, and Florence and Bryce somehow got wind of this and beat us to the punch, leading to the current chaos?"

Parker's eyes widened as he took a sharp breath, his gaze darting around in disbelief.

The idea that the mastermind behind Inko Group could be Whitney's own mother was mind-blowing.

It was just too crazy!

A mother who was thought to be long gone, still alive?

"Ludwik, does Whitney know any of this?" Parker asked, still in shock.

"I haven't mentioned a thing to her," Ludwik said, his brow furrowed with concern. "We can't confirm if it's even Whitney's mom yet.

Besides, I've kept her in the dark about her own daughter's situation, and about whatever Florence's up to in Eurovoria. Whitney has no clue about the scheme Florence and Bryce are hatching.

sure about the mysterious person's identity before

understood why Ludwik was being cautious. He instinctively wanted to protect

already overwhelmed. Throwing her mother's potential reappearance into the mix would be too much for anyone to

But-

his concern, "Ludwik, think about it! A mother-daughter bond is strong. Whitney might want to know if her

alive and being manipulated by Florence, she might be more

is her mother, and she sees Whitney, Florence's

Ludwik's gaze sharpened.

He'd considered Parker's point...

the loop to help us unravel Florence's plot. She's the one with a blood connection to the mysterious

can't believe that Whitney wouldn't

is still

his temples with

He didn't reply immediately.

turned and walked back towards the

followed, soon catching sight of

her expression a whirlwind

empty, save

her cheeks, her eyes red

gently rested on the baby's tiny hand, feeling for a

Whitney's checking on

trying to