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.”

that the girl on the

not even shown a

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

a shiver. Kid? What did he

indignation. “Parker, you saved me,

made her chest swell in

Did she even realize she was revealing her lace?

given him a piece of her mind if she were not bruised and

to his car. She

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to him like a kitten, inching closer until she

The driver chuckled.

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

forrowed her brow. “Could

who had always been calm even in the face

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

“Drive faster!”

the hospital

received a call from

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

hospital as her. Thus, Whitney rushed to the fifth floor of

with sympathy. “Take

into the room.

her medication wearing off, opened her eyes in fear. “No, don’t

the sight. What had Tiana gone through? She grabbed Tiana’s hand, saying gently,

on Tiana, and a chill fell across her

wrong, Tiana?” Whitney’s eyes began

and bitter, mockingly retorted, “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!

stunned for a moment. “She found out?”

do it on purpose. I

why 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

heart pierced

jail, and she’s been searching for you ever since she got out. She

Whitney’s frailty and the bruises

pain collided within her, and