Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 82

Parker decided to drop by unannounced in the suburban club to check on his property. His long strides carried him leisurely down the path, his rnind barely registering the task Ludwik had mentioned earlier.

However, as he passed a certain private lounge, a woman’s cry echoed from within, a sound oddly familiar.

The refined glint behind his rimless glasses sharpened with curiosity.

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What a coincidence, he mused.

Parker signaled to his men with a smirk that did not quite reach his eyes.

With a forceful kick, the door was flung open.

The dimly lit interior was spacious. Parker sauntered in, pulling back the curtains to reveal a chaotic scene on the bed, his eyes flashing coldly. He glanced at the scantily clad woman screaming for help, then leisurely removed his suit jacket and tossed it down at her.

“Pa–Parker.” Tiana looked up, her small face a mask of terror and confusion.

Parker’s men quickly overpowered the three thugs.

His cigarette dangled from his lips as he strolled over and planted his foot on the waistband of one scoundrel’s jeans. The cultured outline of his face, accentuated by his glasses, contrasted with the sinister aura emanating from beneath those lenses.

Tiana watched as his cigarette slowly lowered, lighting the crotch of the three men on fire, his foot pinning them down as they began to wail in agony.

Meanwhile, he did not even flinch the slightest.

Parker finally lifted his foot only when the smell of singed cloth filled the air.

Tiana was paralyzed with shock, the threat she had faced moments before from almost getting raped paling in comparison to the dread now gripping her.

Staring at the man’s sophisticated profile, she trembled. Was this man a demon?

The thugs, their jeans in tatters, crawled away in terror.

Parker stood up, his hand nonchalantly pocketed, and glanced at the bed. Frowning, he scolded his men, “Turn around.”

the girl on the bed seemed

He had not even shown a fraction of Ludwik’s

amused look, Parker said, “Kid, how long are you going to stare? I gave you my jacket to cover

a shiver. Kid? What did

scream of indignation. “Parker, you saved me,

anger made her

revealing her lace? He suppressed a

burned with shame. She would have given him a piece of her mind if she were

disgust and carried her out to his car. She seemed off, and he realized she must have been forced to drink some kind

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in the car, she clung to him like a kitten, inching closer until she

The driver chuckled.

thin. Despite his scholarly appearance, his muscular build made a comforting cradle for Tiana, and she seemed too comfortable to even care about the

brow. “Could you

had always been calm even in the face of storms, suddenly stiffened, his

woman

“Drive faster!”

left Tiana at the hospital and did

received a call

eyes swiftly to find a nurse by her

now in the same hospital as her. Thus,

his voice filled with sympathy. “Take it easy. Tiana’s hurt, but she’s in

burst into the room.

medication wearing off, opened her

heart clenched at the sight. What had Tiana gone through? She grabbed Tiana’s hand, saying

slowly dawned on Tiana, and a chill fell across her face. She yanked her

Whitney’s eyes began

you were aware of their affair. Why did you keep it from me? You made

a moment. “She

she whispered, “Tiana, I didn’t do it on purpose. I was just worried you

that’s why I got humiliated today! Do you have any idea how I felt when I saw Gunner and Stelle having sex? My heart shattered into pieces! I

heart pierced by

such things. Whitney was beaten in jail, and she’s been searching

frailty and the

pain collided within her,