Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1141

"You know, I've always been a bit apprehensive about stirring up trouble, but I've got a good heart. Thinking back to Ms. Sheldon's enemies, weren't they Ludwik and Whitney?

So I decided to secretly swap out all the poisons in the lab. I didn't want Ms. Sheldon causing any more chaos that might drag me down with her! I even told the folks in the lab about it..."

By the time Ryan got to this point, Whitney definitely understood.

Her face, which had been ashen, started to regain some color, and the pounding in her heart began to settle. "Are you saying that even if Florence took poison from the lab, it was fake?"

"Yeah, I switched them all out," Ryan replied nonchalantly. "So your mom couldn't have been poisoned. If anything happened to her, it would be from the fall off the cliff!"

"Don't say such unlucky things! My grandma is still in there fighting for her life," Sammy snapped at Ryan with a glare.

But Whitney was too caught up in her relief to engage with Sammy or Ryan.

Like an overjoyed madwoman, she clung to Shane's arm. "My mom wasn't poisoned? Shane, did you hear that?"

Shane's handsome lips curled into a smile. "Seems like some higher power had your back! See, Whitney, I told you your mom wasn't pushed over the edge, so she wasn't sentenced to death. If it's just injuries from the fall, no matter how bad, I believe she can pull through."

"Yeah, if it's just injuries, I'll make sure my mom survives," Whitney said, nearly in tears from joy.

Meanwhile, Shane, ever the clear-headed observer, picked up his phone and sent a quick text to Parker.

At that moment, in the police station's holding cell, Parker sat across from a handcuffed Ludwik in the interrogation room.

stood by, ostensibly supervising,

to hear anything of

to speak, his phone buzzed. He glanced at

his composed demeanor, noticed the change. His steady gaze lifted slightly. "You came to tell me something good,

stoic face and couldn't resist teasing him a bit. "Why are you so optimistic, old man? Do you even know the Lippert family is under fire from investors, and the company's stocks are suspended for investigation? And yet, here you are, thinking I've got good

running around with Whitney like a chicken with its head cut off. Meanwhile, Ludwik maintained his unflappable calmness, as if he had everything

"After all these years as brothers, you think

if there

phone relaxed, and he handed it over with a flourish. His mischievous eyes danced as he informed Ludwik, "I'm here to tell you, Whitney found her mom. They secretly

deepened at

for Ryan's unnecessary meddling. So now, Parisa's only dealing with the injuries from

couldn't help but let out

by the successive good news, kept his expression neutral. Yet, his fingers danced lightly

of concern and relief, "This means Whitney won't be

you? You're always one step ahead!" Parker raised an eyebrow. "When you said Hudson's disappearance was a good thing, who would've thought you'd be right. Hudson

poetic about the long-lost lovers when Ludwik brought him back to the matter at hand. "Is the news contained? Bryce is bound to have

and Florence think Parisa's as good as

before the assassination attempt; he knows who the real

is!"

president's most trusted aide. We'll wait for the show to begin. For

company's being investigated because Bryce bribed Ronan Miller at the Treasury Department. He's trying to bankrupt the Lippert family and bury you under a death sentence. He funneled a billion dollars

nodded, "Keep all the