Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 889

"Ludwik! Open the damn door, Ludwik!" Parker yelled, his voice laced with fury as he kicked at the door.

No

response came from the other side.

In the dimly lit room, Parker staggered backward, sober despite appearances. His eyes glowed red with anger and boredom.

He slumped onto the bed, his legs stretched out on the floor, his upper body sinking into the mattress. His vision blurred, and his mind replayed images of Tiana's delicate face her indifference, her mocking laughter, her tears, and that final look of deep, unspoken sorrow that seemed to pierce his heart.

After the wave of rage subsided, Parker couldn't help but dwell on the revelation that Tiana was two months pregnant. Had she been truthful with him?

Pausing, he sat up abruptly, intending to call the hospital for verification, but his drunken state made it impossible to find the contact information. Instead, he stumbled upon his Uncle Phineas's phone number.

In a flash of realization, Parker considered the possibility of something happening between him and Tiana during their time on Saltland Island.

If that were the case, Uncle Phineas would undoubtedly be aware.

With a grim expression, Parker forced a semblance of sobriety and dialed Phineas's number.

from Emperor City at the

had just finished

"Parkie?"

Uncle... I need to ask you

"Go ahead."

her and me in the same house on Saltland Island during my memory gap? Did anything...

tell me, did I... did we have

his phone tighter, frustration mounting. "Uncle, this is important. Just give

the other end, Phineas cursed silently. He was at the presidential residence, where he shouldn't have been carrying his phone. Yet, Tiana's cryptic warning message, followed by Parker's call, linked two seemingly unrelated events. Phineas found himself caught in a dilemma. Tiana's message hinted at a secret they shared, a

and Tiana have a fight?" Phineas

must know if I touched her. She's denying it now, and my memories of those days are a blank. I need to know the truth... I care about her," Parker

Tiana, unless she

between his promise to Tiana and his concern for Parker's potential offspring, Phineas hesitated. Breaking his word could

a promise to her, and it's

as he processed his uncle's words. Though Phineas hadn't confirmed anything

up, kicking at the door again. "Ludwik? Felix? Open up! I need to go back to the hospital. I left in such a hurry I didn't even get their contact information. Damn it, I need answers..."

inebriation, had instructed the guards

Sammy, who had managed to hack into a cosmetic clinic's customer system in search of