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 bed

not even shown a fraction of Ludwik’s

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

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

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

her chest swell

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

given him a piece of her mind if she

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

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clung to him like a kitten, inching closer until she shamelessly

The driver chuckled.

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

her brow. “Could you remove the keys from

calm even in the face of storms,

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

“Drive faster!”

left Tiana at the hospital and did not look

Whitney received

a nurse by her bedside, probably called in by the doctor.

was now in the same hospital as

entrance, Simon was already there, his voice filled with sympathy.

into the room.

to an IV, her medication wearing off, opened her eyes

gone through? She

Tiana, and a chill fell across her face. She yanked

Tiana?” Whitney’s eyes

didn’t you? Stella said you were aware of their affair. Why did you keep it from me? You made

for a moment.

didn’t do it on purpose.

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 up almost being defiled

recoiled, her heart

beaten in jail, and she’s been searching for you ever since

frailty and the bruises peeking under

and pain collided within her, and