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-"

it's me, Butler Alex. Do you have a moment?" Alex noticed the rasp in

stood up, leaning on the bed, "What's the

bad news, Master! Ms. Melford has attempted suicide at the Melford estate and was rushed to Banyan City

came to the Doonan Mansion making a scene in the middle of the night, and this has alerted your

suicide attempt by Endora has caught us off guard and has caused quite a stir in Banyan City.

to the Doonan family

haze cleared immediately, his mind as if

"Endora committed suicide?"

to her parents' house alone today, claiming you wanted to break off the engagement and had been trying to push

her for being incompetent, driving her out

and resulting infertility has leaked, becoming a scandal

to spinsterhood, which might have triggered her. Ms. Melford then attempted suicide in her apartment.

the family's reputation and making a grave mistake. Please, come

rambling made Parker's headache worsen, his handsome face

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

ways to silence the troublesome Melfords, but Endora had made the first

bold

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

situation is critical, and things are getting

Alex ended the call.

rigid, staring out at

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

pointing at his drunken mess, "Now? You're talking in

at him and picked up his dirty jacket

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