Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1201

She fired off a barrage of anxious questions, but no one bothered to answer her.

Instead, Parker Doonan shot a look at the woman-wide-eyed and jumpy like a startled bunny-then glanced at the sly Ludwik before turning slightly and stifling a laugh.

Whitney Valentine was even more horrified. She pointed at Parker. "Hey, what's so funny?"

Seriously, at a time like this he could still laugh? Was Ludwik Lippert suffering from some post-op infection?

Why else would the doctor say there was something unusual?

Whitney's nerves were fraying, and the whole situation at the funeral home slipped her mind. She turned back to Ludwik, who was wearing that unreadable poker face. “What did the doctor just check you for?"

"I'll tell you in a minute," Ludwik answered, cool as ever. "Parker."

If Parker couldn't figure out that Ludwik was about to pull something sneaky, he'd have to be an idiot.

Parker shot Whitney a jealous glance. He was still tangled up in the mess back in New York, and who knew when Ludwik would let him go see Tiana Melford? But if Ludwik was keeping him here, he must've gotten lucky-maybe even found himself a new girl.

you made a mistake or not, we both

stupid. He could tell Ludwik wanted

suspicious stare, Dr. Horatio quickly said, "Right, right, I'm no expert in this field. Best to get a top surgeon. I'll go

with that, Dr. Horatio was out the door faster than

up, Parker had ushered out the nurses and even shut the

wide with confusion. "What are

Parker's up to?" Ludwik's voice

face, eyes narrowing. "You sure it's not you who's up

dropping his voice to sound as weak

fighting the urge to lose her temper. She yanked back his blanket, eyes scanning him

"Exactly-you're sick! So what

wouldn't you let Dr. Horatio do

need for another specialist. The real expert is standing right in

blinked, glancing down at

supposed to mean? You

fixed his gaze on her like he was teasing an innocent kitten. "Of course you can, Dr. Valentine. Top-notch acupuncturist. Not to mention an expert