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 himself to

"Hello-"

Butler Alex. Do you have a moment?" Alex noticed the rasp

on the bed, "What's

at the Melford estate and was rushed to Banyan

middle of the night, and this has alerted your father. The old man rushed

caught us off guard and has caused quite a stir in Banyan City. There are even reporters

you, demanding you return to the Doonan family estate by dawn, no matter

immediately, his mind as if doused

"Endora committed suicide?"

house alone today, claiming you wanted to break off the engagement and had been trying to push her away for a

grandmother criticized her for being incompetent, driving her

ago and resulting infertility has

couldn't handle it. Her parents, Cato and Alice, said she'd be doomed to spinsterhood, which might have triggered her. Ms. Melford then attempted suicide in her apartment. The old man wants to know if you're responsible for Ms. Melford's

and making a grave mistake. Please, come back as soon

rambling made Parker's headache worsen,

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

the troublesome Melfords, but Endora had made the

A bold

Doonan family patriarch... Parker's expression hardened. His father didn't usually interfere in personal matters, but there was no tolerance in his eyes for those who breached the

situation is critical, and things are getting out of hand.

Alex ended the call.

staring out at the moonlight, his jaw

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 up?" "I

was taken aback, pointing at his

glanced at him and picked up his dirty jacket from the couch. Ashton was completely

followed, "Is this for real? Who told you? Are you sleepwalking...?" The