Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1170

Ludwik suddenly lifted his head and looked at Whitney. "Whitney, did they get the bullets out of my thigh and left side?"

Whitney blinked-she honestly hadn't thought to ask yet.

She stood up and quickly called the head surgeon.

It wasn't long before the doctor walked into the room, carrying a stainless steel tray. "Mr. Ludwik, here are the two bullets we removed from your body. Normally, the hospital would need to notify the police, but if you'd like to handle this yourself, I can turn them over to you."

"Thank you. I need to trace where these bullets came from. There's no need to get the police involved."

Ludwik's sharp gaze made it clear this wasn't up for discussion.

Whitney picked up on his intentions right away and took the tray from the doctor. "Thank you, doctor. Appreciate it."

"You're welcome." The doctor, fully aware of Ludwik's background, didn't say much more, but he gave Whitney a gentle reminder. "Ms. Valentine, Mr. Ludwik just regained consciousness after surgery. He's still very weak and needs to rest. Please try to keep things calm in here."

Whitney nodded quickly-she already knew that.

"Get Felix in here, fast. He needs to take the bullets and get an expert to analyze them. I have to know who Bryce is working

blood-stained bullets in the tray, her own

glass of water and gently dabbed his lips with a damp cotton

surgery. If there's any news, he should've reached out to

night. And there's

veins on his hand standing out

coming to him, but even if things don't go our way, you need to focus on getting better. That's the only way you'll have a shot

could fight Bryce another

mean he was willing to accept

long, dark lashes lowered,

skill

Whitney. Wouldn't it be easier just to kiss me?

flustered by his

talking about kissing at a

and embarrassment, and