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.”

he realized that the girl on the

was she scared? He had not even shown a fraction of

you

a shiver. Kid?

she suddenly realized her exposed collarbone and quickly covered herself with a scream of indignation. “Parker, you saved me, but how can you be so rude? Who are

her chest

was revealing her lace? He

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

scooped her up with a look of disgust and carried her out to his car. She seemed off, and he realized she must have

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like a kitten, inching closer

The driver chuckled.

patience wore thin. Despite his scholarly appearance, his muscular build made a comforting cradle for Tiana, and

fidgeted, then forrowed her brow. “Could you remove the

in the

glare, he pushed the intrusive woman away, convinced her shamelessness had led to

“Drive faster!”

he left Tiana at the hospital and did

Whitney received a call from

swiftly to find a nurse by her bedside, probably called

and was now in the same hospital as her. Thus, Whitney rushed to the fifth floor of the inpatient

filled with sympathy. “Take it

into

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

Tiana gone

fell across her face.

Whitney’s eyes began to

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

for a moment. “She found

do it on purpose. I

how I felt when 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 disappointed

heart pierced

beaten in jail, and she’s

and the bruises peeking

collided within her, and her