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.

rubbed his temples, forcing

"Hello-"

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

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

attempted suicide at the Melford

and this has alerted your father. The old man rushed home, and

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

demanding you return to the Doonan

drunken haze cleared immediately, his mind

"Endora committed suicide?"

Master. It seems Ms. Melford returned to her parents' house alone today, claiming you wanted to break off the

her for being incompetent, driving

and resulting infertility has leaked, becoming a scandal in Banyan

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

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

headache worsen,

to Banyan City to face his grandfather's commands regarding the dissolution of the

troublesome Melfords, but Endora had made

A bold move

interfere in personal matters, but there was no tolerance in his eyes for those who breached the family's strict

things are

Alex ended the call.

stood rigid, staring out at the moonlight, his jaw

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?"

was taken aback, pointing at his drunken mess,

to kill herself." Parker glanced at him and picked up his dirty jacket

yet hurried, Ashton quickly followed, "Is this for real? Who