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.

2 2 2 2 3 2 3

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.”

realized that the girl on the

had not even shown a fraction of

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

reality with a shiver. Kid? What did he mean by

“Parker,

made her chest

darkened. Did she even realize she was revealing

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

Chapter 82

car, she clung to him like a kitten, inching closer until she shamelessly crawled onto

The driver chuckled.

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

brow. “Could you remove the keys from your

been calm even in the face

intrusive woman away, convinced her shamelessness had led to

“Drive faster!”

later, he left Tiana at the hospital and did not look

received a call

find a nurse by her bedside, probably called in by

the same hospital as her. Thus, Whitney

with sympathy. “Take it easy. Tiana’s hurt, but she’s in one

burst into

an IV, her medication wearing off,

Tiana gone through? She grabbed Tiana’s

chill fell across her face. She yanked

Tiana?” Whitney’s

and bitter, mockingly retorted, “What’s wrong? I almost fell victim to Gunner and Stella’s scheme. You knew, didn’t you? Stella said you were aware

was stunned for a moment.

do it on purpose. I

I saw Gunner and Stelle having sex? My heart shattered into pieces! I even ended up almost being defiled by them! Whitney, I’m so

heart pierced by

Whitney was beaten in jail, and she’s been searching for you ever since she got out. She

Whitney’s frailty and the bruises peeking

within her, and her