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

not even shown a fraction of Ludwik’s

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

to reality with a shiver. Kid? What did he

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

anger made her

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

face burned with shame. She would have given him a piece of her mind

carried her out to his car. She seemed off,

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car, she clung to him like a kitten, inching closer

The driver chuckled.

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

her brow. “Could you remove the keys from your

the face

intrusive woman away,

“Drive faster!”

later, he left Tiana at the hospital

approached, Whitney received a call from

a nurse by her bedside, probably called in

hospital as her. Thus, Whitney

the room’s entrance, Simon was already there, his voice filled with sympathy. “Take it easy. Tiana’s hurt, but she’s in one

burst into

stupor, Tiana, hooked up to an IV, her medication wearing off, opened

heart clenched at the sight. What had Tiana gone through? She grabbed Tiana’s hand,

fell across her

Tiana?” Whitney’s eyes began

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! Or do you

for a moment. “She found

didn’t do it on purpose.

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 how hurtful her words

recoiled, her heart pierced by the

“Stop saying such things. Whitney was beaten in jail,

and

pain collided within her,