Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 785

Parker felt a strange stir in his heart, unable to believe that Tiana, that little lady, had the guts to seek him out alone. Was she worried about him? Did she think he had vanished?

A shadow of a smirk played across his lips as Parker swallowed hard, asking, "You didn't do anything to Ms. Melford, did you?" Phineas, faced with such a question, could only give a speechless look. He hadn't done anything to Tiana.

The real question was, what had Parker done to her, and did he even remember?

The poor girl had been in Parker's bed for several days now, and by the looks of it, his fever had almost completely subsided.

"I'm an old man, what could I possibly do to her?" Phineas rolled his eyes in secret. "The problem is, she..."

"What happened to her?" Parker asked, a mix of concern and cluelessness on his face.

Seeing his obliviousness, Phineas wasn't sure how Parker would react to the news that he'd unwittingly shared a bed with the girl for days.

What if Parker wasn't even into her? Blasting this news might just set him off.

Let the young folks figure it out themselves.

The Melford girl would likely seek some answers from Parker sooner or later. He'd find out eventually.

"It's nothing much, Ms. Melford got some bruises... ahem, she might need to stay in bed for a few days here on Saltland Island before she can walk properly again," Phineas awkwardly hinted with a heavy meaning.

Parker, failing to catch his uncle's drift, furrowed his brows in speculation. "Did she get injured by falling into the sea on her way here?"

"You could say that," Phineas sighed internally at his nephew's ignorance.

"Where are we now? How far from Saltland Island?" Parker turned to gaze at the sea, "How long have I been here?"

"More than twenty days. And Ms. Melford has been here for about ten days."

Twenty days...

there was no telling

was anxious, his thoughts with Ludwik. He pondered for a moment, "Uncle, I need to head back to Emperor City now, to meet with Ludwik. As for Tiana, if she needs

spell did this Ludwik cast on you that you're so devoted to him? Parkie, I don't understand why you're so eager to follow him. Ludwik might be the

my mother's brother, a powerful man

became the head of the Doonan family, we were in

a loyal fool,"

the Inko Group collaboration to Ludwik, to support him," Parker earnestly requested. "If you really dislike Ludwik, I could step in. This important collaboration should not fall into the hands of Ludwik's rivals." "You're jumping into action without even knowing the current situation in Emperor

present me with a chip containing secret technology, which honestly

though I've heard he's been trying to arrange a meeting with me these

back to his senses and remembering

beyond his control as

in fact, he was quite perceptive. At the welcoming banquet the other day, he noticed that the Patrick family's Wade and Jarvis were up to no

hadn't harmed Parker, Phineas found himself less antagonistic towards

if you want to meet your Ludwik, steer the yacht towards the private airport," Phineas finally

Parker said, sitting on the deck, his drenched, muscular body cooling in the breeze, feeling a weight lifted

must have caused Ludwik significant

the situation in Emperor City,

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villa

bed, grappling with unbearable

She was immobile.

noon... Where was Parker,

she sent him to secure the collaboration

not as ravenous as

bit her lip in frustration, her face flushed with anger. How many more nerve-wracking things did he

without knowing how his talk

amnesia, completely forgetting Ludwik, and seemed

cursed the rogue hundreds

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Emperor City.