Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 915

Tiana nodded, "I first went to Barclay. He demanded a price for sparing my dad. I had to marry him immediately." "Marry him?!" Whitney's eyes went wide, suddenly understanding, "This must be Endora's doing from behind the scenes."

"Exactly. They've been in cahoots, not sure what deal they've struck. Endora plotted while Barclay executed. Over the past two months, they've been setting traps, dragging my cousin and my dad into this mess! Now they've got my dad in trouble with the law, and she's using it to blackmail me."

"You went to her hospital room, and she admitted all this to you?"

"Yeah, I recorded it." Tiana pulled out a voice recorder, though she didn't look hopeful. She covered her cold eyes, anxiety written all over her face, "But she had Barclay poison my dad ahead of time. He'll die of heart failure in three days, and this recording won't save him in time. I had no choice but to agree to her terms today."

Whitney's face turned ice-cold!

Tiana let out a bitter laugh, "But in return, I made sure she won't be using one of her hands anytime soon. Right now, I just need her to give me the antidote to save my dad's life! Once that's done, and before I marry Barclay, my dad will be released. And on Endora's wedding day, I'll make sure to give her a surprise she'll never forget. I'll turn her dream day into a nightmare."

Whitney could see she was brewing a plan for revenge.

But it was a pyrrhic victory, the cost being, she'd have to marry Barclay, that swine.

Whitney shook her head, gripping Tiana's hand, "No, Tiana. You can't marry Barclay and throw your life away!"

"What choice do I have? I can't risk my father's life by taking her on directly in three days. Endora's scheming to ruin my happiness to spoil her own wedding, just to make Parker despise me. And she succeeded. But I won't let her have a smooth wedding. I'll ruin it for her and Parker. They're accomplices in this!"

"Parker knows about Endora's actions?" Whitney shook her head, disbelieving.

"Whether he knows or not, he's marrying Endora. Doesn't that mean he's protecting her, becoming an accomplice?" Tiana couldn't forget that cold look in his eyes in the hospital room.

He had said it himself: Marry Endora instead of her, a second-hand good?

Such disdain and aversion.

the point she was ready to give

Whitney, "Before I marry Barclay,

"Tiana?!"

with Endora." She let out a dry laugh, her heart aching, "This problem, shouldn't be left behind." Whitney's heart clenched at the sight of Tiana's pain, "I

will escape their comeuppance at the wedding. Once my dad is safely out and free from poison, I'll take them both down. The so-called wedding will just be a funeral for the three of

resolve, her words cold as

added to her despair. Had she run

Parker and Endora's wedding, was Parker out of

Parker doting on Endora, a

confront Parker about Endora's crimes?" Whitney asked angrily, "He could have intervened, and your dad

"Even if it kills me, I won't beg Parker. He's chosen Endora's side. Without saying a word, I know, he and

what are

your child is his! And possibly

bitter self-mockery, Whitney guessed Parker had

in my car, I'll have my driver take you home. Standing in the rain like this, do you want

right away, negotiate terms." Tiana

Whitney watched the car drive off into the rain, umbrella in

deeply, thinking of Parker, her anger

her phone, she immediately

rang several times before the jerk

but couldn't calm her anger, blasting him, "Parker, I

you that?" Parker's voice was