Love beyond the mask (Whitney) novel Chapter 145

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“Whitney!” At that moment, Tiana hurried over with the herbs, her head tilted to see what was ahead, and suddenly she burst into anger, “Mr. L! How can you be holding Elaine, that… that 

bitch! You…” 

“Enough, let’s go.” Whitney grabbed her, her fingers digging into Tiana’s palm. Her departure was cold and unwavering. 

That indifference and disregard puzzled Tiana and infuriated the man behind even more. 

She was just going to leave like that? Whenever she saw him with Elaine, she always came over, green with jealousy, confronting him. 

But now she just walked away, leaving him feeling a mix of loss and stifled anger, like punching a cushion. 

Ludwik’s steps, which were about to chase after her, stopped with embarrassment and fury, his gaze fixed on her pale, paper–like face–it was clear she was ill. 

They had fought only three days ago. How did she manage to wear herself down to this state? 

And what was with that deep sadness in her eyes? 

Ludwik was seething. 

“Bro, I did not mean to earlier. Did I make Whitney misunderstand something?” Elaine sighed anxiously. 

“Do you think she misunderstood with the way she’s ignoring me?” Ludwik said coldly as he carried Elaine back to the ward, trying not to be harsh. “Don’t overthink it, just rest.” 

Then, he left with an icy aura. 

Elaine’s mouth curled into a cold smirk as the ward door closed. 

Pondering Whitney’s disheveled appearance that she had witnessed earlier, she walked into the bathroom to call Delphine. “Mom, I heard Whitney’s uncle returned a few days ago. You were right. There’s bad blood between Skye Gem and Imperial Gem. She looked so pained today when she saw Ludwik. She couldn’t even bother with her jealousy.” 

Delphine chuckled slyly. “Your chance has come, my daughter. With your wits, you’ll clasp it tightly.” 

“Of course.” Elaine narrowed her eyes as she hung up and called a confidant. “I need you to check on someone for me, Whitney’s uncle. Keep an eye on him starting today.” 

Elaine looked at the ugly wound on her wrist. She had risked her reputation to return to Banyan City. This was Whitney’s doing, and she was determined to stay in Banyan City, win Ludwik back, and get her revenge! 

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Back at his office, Ludwik could not resist calling Nolan to subtly inquire Tiana about Whitney’s 

illness. 

Was Tiana holding herbs? 

Nolan was not very efficient this time, reporting that Tiana simply was not answering her phone. 

Ludwik’s eyebrows knitted with cold anger as he leaned back and loosened his tie, his aristocratic fingers tense. “Felix!” He yelled. 

Felix appeared in the office in a flash. 

“Get her to come to work. She’s the Vice President of United Realty Corporation, and she hasn’t been in for days!” 

Felix understood his boss’s volatile mood, but this seemed a bit much. “Mr. Lippert, Madam is clearly ill. She started taking sick leave the day before yesterday, and with what she saw at the hospital today with you and Elaine, she’s probably upset. Maybe I should send our family doctor over to Tiana’s apartment?” 

The man said nothing, suppressing his anger. 

Felix immediately set off to arrange it. 

Half an hour later, the family doctor called, “Tiana kicked me out, sir. It seems Madam doesn’t appreciate your concern… 

Felix had just hung up when a wave of cold menace suddenly swept from behind the desk. 

With a sharp slap of papers being opened, Ludwik’s ice–cold voice came. “Let her live or die as she pleases!” 

“Uh… Are not you concerned about your child as well?” Felix thought, but he could see the boss was angry to the core, practically offering a truce that the lady refused to accept. 

Oddly enough, despite Elaine’s dramatic return to Banyan City, Whitney, usually so clever and wise, pushed Mr. Lippert away with her indifference. 

It seemed that was what was infuriating him. 

Ludwik could not fathom why she was acting so irrationally these past few days over Elaine, of all people. Was she really ready to freeze him out? 

Since she could not prioritize, he was not in the mood to coddle her! 

Three days passed, and Whitney was avoiding it all, unable to decide. 

Seeing him so intimately caring for Elaine at the hospital had chilled her to the core. If he had offered her even a sliver of loyalty, that would have been something to cling to. 

But his lack of commitment and inability to ignore Elaine’s schemes enraged her. She had 

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called herself a fool, thinking she should have sided with her uncle. 

Yet, there was no turning back once she started down that path. Betraying him and joining her uncle in pushing Ludwik into the abyss was a pain Whitney could not bear to imagine. 

She holed up in her room, lost in thought, while Tiana worried incessantly. “Whitney, Valerie and I really don’t know what’s gotten into you. Even with Elaine back in Banyan City, Valerie is not as shaken as you are. You wouldn’t even let Ludwik’s doctor see you the other day. Are you planning to have a complete fallout with him over Elaine?” 

How could Whitney explain to her best friend? That it was over between her and Ludwik? 

Her phone rang quietly; she glanced down, her pupils dilating, her fingers trembling. 

The caller ID read: [Husband.] 

That was what she had secretly changed his contact name to half a month ago, after a particularly sweet moment in his office, thinking they could truly become husband and wife… 

Taking a deep breath, Whitney hesitated on whether to answer. 

Seeing L’s call, Tiana swiftly picked up the phone and pressed it to Whitney’s ear. 

Silence hung on the other end, the man’s breaths low and aristocratic. 

Then, he spoke with a chilling tone, “Your uncle, Mr. Tennyson, came to see me. He suspects we’ve had a falling out. I think you owe me an explanation.” 

Whitney’s breathing hitched, her heart pounding. 

Why would her uncle confront Ludwik on his own?!