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

not even shown

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

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

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

her chest swell

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

given him a piece of her mind if she were

to his car. She seemed off, and he realized she must have been forced

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like a kitten, inching

The driver chuckled.

Despite his scholarly appearance, his muscular build made a comforting cradle for Tiana, and she

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

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

a frosty glare, he pushed the intrusive woman away, convinced her shamelessness had

“Drive faster!”

later, he left Tiana at the hospital

dawn approached, Whitney received a call from

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

now in the same hospital as her. Thus, Whitney rushed to the fifth

filled with sympathy. “Take it easy. Tiana’s hurt, but

burst into the room.

Tiana, hooked up to an IV, her medication wearing off, opened her eyes in fear. “No,

What had Tiana gone

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

wrong, Tiana?” Whitney’s eyes began

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

for a moment. “She found out?”

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

why I got humiliated today! Do you have any idea how I felt when I saw Gunner and Stelle having sex? My heart

her heart pierced by

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

frailty and the bruises peeking

and pain collided within her, and