Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1166

Whitney snapped back to reality-she'd forgotten to call Yael.

She nodded absentmindedly, only half-listening as Sandy said, "Don't stress yourself out. Surgery takes time. Ludwik's tough-he'll make it through. I'll go grab us something to eat."

Whitney was scrolling through her contacts when a thought struck her. She glanced at Sandy's delicate, almost ethereal face. "Wait, did you say you ran into Shane earlier? He didn't ask you to grab dinner with him?"

It'd been ages since Shane had seen Sandy. Knowing Shane, he was probably keeping tabs on her from the shadows, playing it cool. With Sandy's memory loss, he seemed hesitant to make any bold moves. Still, knowing his type, he was bound to make a move on her sooner or later.

Of course, Sandy was oblivious to Whitney's train of thought, and just looked puzzled at her sister's question.

She grinned, rolling her eyes. "Why would Shane ask me to dinner? Sis, we're not even that close. Besides, from what Sienna's been bragging about, Grandma is working overtime to get her in with the Nelson family-she's dying to marry her off to Shane. The two of them are thick as thieves."

At that, Sandy's eyes grew a little colder, and she couldn't help but feel a twinge of annoyance.

business, but if he ended up with Sienna? That'd be

my distance-don't want to risk getting bitten by Sienna's rabid little dog act," Sandy huffed,

up? His daughter was already a little kid, and the child's mom was right in front of him. Why not just come

the dark, thinking she should stay

harshly.

him earlier, he was

said someone

dinner. Can you imagine? The big-shot Nelson family heir, CEO and all, being ordered

be? She'd heard from Ludwik that

words vague. "Maybe there's a kid at

for a guy with the Fuller name, Shane's got it all—brains, looks, and a good

like a barnacle. That alone makes him a hard pass for me I'm not

only you knew-your daughter's