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

she scared? He had not even shown a fraction of

long are you going to stare?

snapped back to reality with a shiver. Kid? What did

indignation. “Parker, you saved me, but how can you be so rude? Who are you

her chest swell

darkened. Did she even realize she was revealing her lace? He suppressed a snicker. “Quite a

have given him a

look of disgust and carried her out to his car.

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him like a kitten, inching closer until she shamelessly crawled onto his

The driver chuckled.

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

her brow. “Could you remove the keys

the face of storms, suddenly stiffened,

a frosty glare, he pushed the intrusive woman

“Drive faster!”

Tiana at the hospital

approached, Whitney received a call

a nurse by her bedside, probably called in by the

hospital as her. Thus, Whitney rushed to the

entrance, Simon was already there, his voice filled with sympathy. “Take it easy.

burst into the room.

Tiana, hooked up to an IV, her medication wearing off, opened her eyes in fear. “No, don’t come

gone

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

wrong, Tiana?” Whitney’s

“What’s wrong? I almost fell victim to Gunner and Stella’s scheme. You knew, didn’t you? Stella said you were aware of their affair. Why did you keep it from me? You made me look like a fool! Or do you not care

stunned for a moment.

whispered, “Tiana, I didn’t do it on

sex? My heart shattered into pieces! I even ended up almost being defiled by them! Whitney, I’m so disappointed in you…” Tiana was too infuriated even

heart pierced by

Whitney was beaten in jail, and she’s

and the bruises peeking under

and pain collided within her, and