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.”

moment, he realized that the girl on the

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

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

shiver. Kid? What did he mean by

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

anger made her chest

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

him a piece of her mind if she were not bruised

of disgust and carried her out to his car. She seemed off, and he realized she must have

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to him like a kitten, inching closer until she

The driver chuckled.

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

brow. “Could you remove the keys

the face of storms, suddenly stiffened,

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

“Drive faster!”

he left Tiana at the

approached, Whitney received

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

hospital as her. Thus, Whitney rushed to the

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

burst into the room.

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

gone through? She grabbed Tiana’s hand, saying gently, “Tiana,

chill fell across

wrong, Tiana?” Whitney’s eyes began

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 about how

was stunned for a moment.

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

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

her heart pierced by the

“Stop saying such things. Whitney was beaten in jail, and she’s

faltered, noticing Whitney’s frailty and the bruises peeking under

pain collided within her, and her