Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

He lurched forward, clearly about to get up...

Both sons stared, eyes wide.

Whitney's face drained of color. She pressed a slender hand to his shoulder. "Don't you move!"

He grinned, "Alright, Ms. Valentine, you're the boss."

Seeing how pissed she was, Ludwik licked his lips, Adam's apple bobbing, his usually gruff voice turning oddly gentle. "I know you're just worried about me. But look, I'm fine.

Seems like whatever I do, it's never right in your eyes.

If I don't visit our daughter, you say I don't care.

If I do visit, you say I'm acting on my own.

Danny, Sammy, your old man's got it rough now. If she keeps bullying me like this, you two better keep your eyes open. Don't take her side every time, or she'll end up bossing me around for life."

her mouth, but couldn't even think of a good comeback. Sammy and Danny

laughing. "Ha! Whitney, finally met your match, huh? If this guy decides to play the victim,

to boot him, if only he hadn't just started

over, trying to take the baby from

safety and let her, but watched her with open admiration as she leaned down The loose neckline of her black

everyone else's view, eyes narrowing

furious glare, cheeks flaming red, and quickly straightened up. His big

eyes, you creep," Whitney hissed, biting her

late, already saw

he teased her. "See? If I can look and talk, I must be fine. It was just a bullet to the

get a doctor in. Then you

So much better

can't stand another day here, not seeing

too?" Whitney rolled

in such

thing-don't. I talked to her just now. She said not to rush, and Bryce's fate isnt