Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 838

At such a critical juncture, any news about him couldn't leak out.

Pushing this woman too far might lead her straight to Barclay with her grievances, and that would screw everything up.

Moreover, he couldn't let Tiana catch even a glimpse of that medical report. Real or not, she'd jump to all the wrong conclusions about him!

So, he had no choice but to hold back, his thin lips releasing a shadowy warning, "We'll postpone breaking off the engagement for a few days. But, Endora, you better not stir up trouble!"

Ludwik's collaboration with Inko Group was about to hit the headlines.

Upon hearing this, Endora smirked triumphantly, boldly flirting, "That's more like it, Parker. Keeping me close is safest for you. Treat me well, and I'll be in a good mood, with no reason to bother Barclay. Right?"

Parker, fed up, shoved her aside and slammed the hotel room door shut with a resounding 'click'.

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Endora felt discarded like trash, fuming and stomping her feet. Yet, the thought of successfully blackmailing him brought a smug smile to her face. Tiana thought she could tear her and Parker apart. Foolish girl, thinking she could outplay me.

After Tiana sent that email to Parker, he didn't reply that night.

Disappointment hung heavy on her heart.

She also fretted over whether he had even seen it. But if he had time to take Endora back to her hotel, what was he doing instead of reading her email?

Just thinking about it made Tiana's heart ache.

She spent a sleepless night.

Early the next morning, Cherry, that sly little thing, dashed into her bedroom asking, "Mommy, didn't you show Daddy Parker evidence of that nasty woman's flirtations yesterday? What did Daddy Parker say? Did he decide to break up with her, realizing you're the good woman he should be with?"

Her daughter's chattering made Tiana tap her little forehead, "Self-praise much? Don't stir up trouble without knowing the full story."

"I might not speak clearly, but I understand the gist!"

"Why don't you call Daddy Parker and find out what he thinks?"

her phone, lips pressed tightly

replied to her message; why call and show

wasn't one to

she want to seem overly concerned about his

Tiana hesitated.

annoyed at her mom's emotional ostrich act, quickly grabbed the phone and handed it to her, "Come on, call him! If neither of you takes the

now?" Tiana nearly turned purple with

He said he didn't get it, but he

with such a

message! Is it

but couldn't read the text

the phone to see

She swiped to answer.

call, are you? Think he'd dump me over those photos? You're a joke! He stayed with me all night; he had no time for your attempts to drive us apart.

a click, not waiting for Tiana's

second, Tiana's phone

of Parker with Endora at the hotel, having breakfast, their figures inseparable and

the hospital. Always close, they looked

Endora sent a diagnostic

years ago and can never conceive again! He was worried, so he took me to the doctor today. See how kind and responsible he is? What are you in comparison, a nobody. You'll never stand a chance with

Endora's insults that hurt

the diagnosis:

Parker's actions that

slapped Tiana harder than

care about Endora's misdeeds... it seemed he

no longer bear

showing such care in the morning,

her was just

stray when their fiancées aren't

wasn't true love, why did

he think she was easy because

from head to toe; she had thought Parker

his fiancée, why bother