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.”

a moment, he realized that the girl on the bed seemed

not

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

shiver. Kid? What did he

she suddenly realized her exposed collarbone and quickly covered herself with a scream of indignation. “Parker, you saved me, but

her chest swell

was revealing her lace?

burned with shame. She would have given him a piece of her mind if she were not bruised and

to stand, Parker scooped her up with a look of disgust and carried her out to his car. She seemed off, and

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she clung to him like a

The driver chuckled.

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

forrowed her brow. “Could you remove the keys from

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

pushed the intrusive woman away,

“Drive faster!”

left Tiana at the hospital and did not look

Whitney received

eyes swiftly to find a nurse by her bedside, probably called

that Tiana had been found and was now in the same hospital as

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

burst into the room.

an IV, her medication wearing off, opened her eyes

the sight. What had Tiana gone

chill fell across her face. She yanked

Whitney’s eyes

victim to Gunner and Stella’s scheme. You knew, didn’t you? Stella said you were aware of their affair.

stunned for a moment. “She found

she whispered, “Tiana, I didn’t do it

sex? My heart shattered into pieces! I even ended up almost being defiled by them!

recoiled, her heart pierced by

intervened, chiding Tiana for upsetting Whitney. “Stop saying such things. Whitney was beaten in jail, and she’s been searching

frailty and

collided within