Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 897

Seeing him asleep, Ashton let out a quiet sigh. He had been considering calling Whitney to probe into what was really going on with Tiana. It seemed like there was a huge misunderstanding between Parker and Tiana. But then, the thought of Whitney's overprotective, harsh demeanor made Ashton reconsider.

From what Felix mentioned, Whitney seemed to be organizing some work for the Sheldon Group and planned to visit Banyan City soon.

Apparently, there was some investigation into whether Barclay and Cherry were biologically related...

What was she up to?

The first time Ashton saw Cherry, he was taken aback by how much she resembled Parker, especially the distinctive shape of her nose and eyes. It was rare for a baby to have such defined features.

But since Parker himself didn't believe Cherry could be his daughter, Ashton dropped the suspicion.

It wasn't unheard of for nieces to resemble their uncles.

In the middle of the night, Ashton moved Parker to his own apartment, leaving the reeking man behind to take a shower.

Around 3 AM, a phone call suddenly exploded in the room.

Parker woke up, his head throbbing painfully. Irritated, he tore at his black shirt and yanked the ringing phone from his pocket, intending to smash it.

But the phone survived, its ringtone continuing to pierce his ears.

Opening his bloodshot eyes, filled with cold fury, Parker eventually rolled off the bed, picked up the damned phone, glanced at the caller ID, and sobered up a bit.

It was from the Doonan family estate in Banyan City!

His family, especially his grandfather, respected his privacy, so this call must be important.

forcing

"Hello-"

a moment?" Alex noticed the rasp in his

leaning on the bed, "What's

attempted suicide at the Melford

to the Doonan Mansion making a scene in the middle of the night, and this has alerted your father. The old man rushed home, and they've been demanding compensation for

attempt by Endora has caught us off guard and has caused quite

old man is furious with you, demanding you return to the Doonan family estate by dawn, no

cleared immediately, his mind as if doused

"Endora committed suicide?"

claiming you wanted

criticized her for being incompetent, driving

three years ago and resulting infertility has leaked,

Cato and Alice, said she'd be doomed to spinsterhood, which might have triggered her. Ms. Melford

the family's reputation and making a grave

Parker's headache worsen, his handsome face

with the Ludwik situation before returning to Banyan City to face his grandfather's commands

silence the troublesome

A bold

personal matters, but there was no tolerance in his eyes for those who breached the family's strict codes. "I understand,"

things are getting out of hand. Please

Alex ended the call.

at the moonlight, his

find the man who had been drunk as a lord now standing eerily at the bedroom door, his eyes vacant. "Damn, you trying to give me a heart attack?" Ashton cursed, approaching him and noticing something was off, "Parker, what the hell woke you

Ashton was taken aback, pointing at his drunken mess, "Now? You're talking in your

and picked up his dirty jacket from

door, staggering yet hurried, Ashton quickly followed, "Is this for real? Who told you? Are you sleepwalking...?" The