Love beyond the mask ( Whitney )
Chapter 866

Sammy pointed at the computer screen, his small teeth clenched tight, "I swiped a sample of Florence's amniocentesis and compared it with Mom's DNA. The baby and Mom share DNA, and so do you and the baby."

Ludwik felt like he'd lost his hearing!

This was too surreal for him, signaling the impossible.

Shock robbed him of speech.

His mind exploded, shattering his nerves into pieces.

In a flash, he remembered the baby Whitney had miscarried months ago...

Back then, Florence announced her pregnancy first, and right after, he was told Whitney had intentionally aborted his baby.

He caused a scene, breaking off everything with Whitney, who then married Bryce.

At the time, nothing seemed amiss.

But reflecting now, everything felt too coincidental, painfully so.

He stared at his son, not yet four, his eyes bloodshot, struggling to keep his voice steady as he asked, "So, Sammy, you're telling me, the baby in Florence's belly, is it really your mommy's?" "Yes!"

Sammy was in agony, tears streaking his little face, his voice shaking as he spilled everything, "Florence schemed it all. She found out Mom was pregnant and that you had kept it from her. She planned everything, poisoning Mom to undergo an endoscopy under anesthesia. During that, Ryan, who specializes in illegal lab surgeries, harvested the embryo just as it had implanted.

Then, they transferred it into Florence's womb. That's how her baby came about!

Half a month later, she told you she was pregnant!

And Mom, unaware she was ever pregnant, thought it was just the endoscopy. After your fallout, Bryce manipulated her into pretending she had aborted your baby on purpose.

It was all to make you give up on her.

So, this entire plot was Florence's and Bryce's design against Mom!"

Ludwik's fists clenched tightly, smashing down on the table.

The glass shattered under his force.

His breath was icy, as he stood abruptly, pacing the room with stiff legs, bloodied hands running through his hair, his entire being feeling like it had plunged into an icy abyss.

He had pondered this possibility, but he dared not believe it, so when Sammy ran away that night, he didn't delve deeper.

How could it have been done?

But Florence, with her meticulous planning, had managed it.

She had stolen Whitney's newly implanted embryo and nurtured it within herself!

Back then, he was the Lippert Group's affluent heir, his future boundless. Florence, aiming to tie him down, naturally deceived him.

Then, after Wade ruined him, the baby became an unwanted burden for Florence.

No wonder she later got involved with Bryce.

Because Bryce must have had his eyes on the baby! Bryce wanted to keep the baby, to use as leverage against him later.

That was his and Whitney's baby.

A sharp pain in Ludwik's heart turned his face pale.

He turned back, unable to help gripping his son's shoulders, asking, "How did you find out?"

"The day Mom had her endoscopy, I was being held by Florence, locked up in Emperor City Hospital. I overheard Ryan and Florence talking, sneaked into the OR, and saw Mom unconscious. I didn't know what they were doing to her then.

But I knew it wasn't just an endoscopy.

Later, to get to the bottom of it, even after you found me, I pretended I didn't want to go home with you.

I stayed with Ryan because I had to."

Ludwik's eyes, bloodshot and shivering, touched his little head, "Good boy, so that's what happened. Daddy misunderstood you, thinking Florence had messed with your head.

You love your mommy so much, I didn't realize you'd go to such lengths for her.

Sammy... Daddy's sorry."

"It was my choice to keep it from you." Sammy pursed his lips, not blaming Ludwik.

However, Ludwik's features darkened as he continued, "But knowing the baby is mine and your mommy's, why keep it from me for so long? The baby's over six months along now! Sammy, what were you thinking?

Don't you trust Daddy, or did you not want the baby, your sister..."

"It's a girl!" Sammy shouted, his fists clenched, his eyes filled with tears and frustration, "Are you blaming me?

Why I didn't tell you, don't you know why?

You betrayed Mommy, kept hurting her. If not for you, Mommy's baby wouldn't have been stolen by Florence!

Now, Mommy has no idea that the baby she didn't want at first is being carried by Florence, can she accept that?

I was afraid Mommy couldn't handle it!

So, if I could handle it myself, I wouldn't have told you at all.

First, I wasn't sure if you and Mommy would get back together.

Second, I don't trust you!

But now, I can't solve it anymore. Florence has been getting cosmetic surgery a month ago, and I was afraid she'd harm the baby, not knowing her purpose. I might not be able to wait until she gives birth to sneak my sister to an orphanage, so I had no choice but to tell you."

Ludwik was crestfallen.

His son's sharp rebuke plunged him into a deep chill.

Sammy had his concerns, barely four years old, and yet he thought so deeply, bearing so much alone, Ludwik's heart ached.

And he felt guilty.

He hadn't earned Sammy's trust or made him feel he could share this from the start.

It was his fault.

His actions had hurt Whitney, leading to his son's mistrust.

Moreover, Sammy had carefully considered the repercussions of exposing this secret, uncertain how Whitney would react.

The kid's in the dark, got another bun in the oven, Florence of all things. Does that smudge her record?

She might never wrap her arms around that poor little one.

Tough spot.

Ludwik wiped his mouth hard, his deep eyes stormy like churning waves, looking seriously at his son, "You were planning to sneak this under the radar, using Florence to keep the baby as a bargaining chip until she's born, then ship off your sister to some orphanage?" "That was all I could think of. But Florence has been acting all kinds of strange lately, I'm scared she might hurt my sister.

She's already six months along, and with Bryce hitting rock bottom these past few days, who knows what Florence might do next.

I was waiting for you to wrap up your stuff so we could really talk about what to do with my sister?"

"What to do? Bring her into the world, of course! She's my child, Sammy, you and Danny are getting a sister, and we need to protect her, got it?"

"Ludwik, you don't resent the child?" Sammy sounded surprised, almost hopeful.