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

scared? He had not even shown a fraction of

how long are you going to stare? I gave you

back to reality with a shiver. Kid? What

collarbone and quickly covered herself with a scream of indignation. “Parker, you saved me, but how can

anger made her chest swell

eyes darkened. Did she even realize she was revealing her lace? He

with shame. She would have given him a piece of her mind if she

disgust and carried her out to his car. She seemed off, and he realized

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a kitten, inching closer until

The driver chuckled.

thin. Despite his scholarly appearance, his muscular build made a comforting cradle for Tiana, and she seemed too comfortable to even care about the blood trickling down her

“Could you remove the keys from your

been calm even in the face of storms,

woman away, convinced her shamelessness had led to this

“Drive faster!”

the hospital and did not look

dawn approached, Whitney received a

find a nurse by her bedside, probably called in by the doctor. She looked away

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

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

into the room.

IV, her medication wearing off, opened her eyes in fear.

What had Tiana gone through? She grabbed Tiana’s hand, saying

a chill fell across

Whitney’s

were aware of their affair. Why did you keep it from me? You made me look like a fool! Or do you not care about how I

stunned for a moment. “She found out?”

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

I got humiliated today! Do you have any idea 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 in you…” Tiana was too infuriated even to realize

her heart

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

Whitney’s frailty and the bruises peeking under her

pain collided within her, and