Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1133

Shane raised an eyebrow, his face dark with concern, and plopped down into a chair. "Ludwik, I don't think you realize just how serious this is.

The President just got back from an international trip, and somehow he caught wind of Phineas's attack.

This whole mess has caught the President's attention. My father heard from Ronan Miller this morning that the President's been asking about it.

Mr. Doonan, your uncle is the President's financial backer. If he goes down, the President's wallet takes a hit. Of course, he's furious!

And here's the kicker: since the middle of last night, there's been this explosive news about Ms. Tennyson, the world's wealthiest woman, disappearing, possibly murdered. And your arrest as a suspect is all over the headlines.

The internet's blowing up about it.

And it's not stopping there. Suddenly, there's a resurgence of interest in Phineas's old attack case, with rumors swirling that you're behind Mr. Wilson's attempted assassination, too.

They're saying that as the Lippert family rose to power, you weren't satisfied with just one aerospace collaboration through Inko Group. So you took out Phineas to climb the ladder, and once you succeeded, you supposedly lured Ms. Tennyson back to the States, kidnapped, and murdered her. Your ambition and ruthlessness? Well, let's just say the old money families in Emperor City have seen it before.

With all this media frenzy, people are seriously speculating you might've killed both chairpersons.

is in a coma. He can't speak

shareholders from Germinialnko Group are questioning Parisa's disappearance. Even the embassy's breathing down

says Ronan Miller's already been ordered by the

I'm sure Bryce is

stirs up a fuss about Parisa's kidnapping

pointing a giant

revenge for Phineas, no matter how innocent you are, you're

move here? It's brutal,

that even someone as unshakeable as Ludwik would

surprised to find both Ludwik and Parker looking remarkably

throat, casting a knowing

intense gaze, confirming, "You said

by his side for the past couple of days. He's

"Your uncle was in

had the foresight to claim my uncle was attacked, mainly to