Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 943

He didn't waste a moment before he aggressively claimed her slightly parted lips, caught off guard.

Tiana was breathless under Parker's kiss, her body rubbing between his strong embrace and the cold wall.

The kiss, meant to ignite her pulse into a frenzied beat, only left her heart aching with his underlying message.

He wanted her to marry him-to become his wife for real.

But his condition: she must get rid of the baby she was carrying.

That child... Though she had already secretly taken care of it, hearing him speak so cruelly of killing it felt like a thousand arrows piercing her heart.

Deep down, she knew he despised her.

Parker, do you even realize? That was your own flesh and blood.

Aside from you, I've been with no other man...

But his evident disdain wanted a clean slate, a brutally fresh start without her past.

So, the real reason he wanted to marry her was to torture her, to watch her struggle in despair for his twisted satisfaction, wasn't it?

That explained the excessive drinking, just to bear kissing her!

Tiana's heart felt like it was being pricked by needles. She detested this, her hands pulling at his unyielding arms, trying to push away his impulsive advances, "I can't marry you, I'm already legally bound to Barclay. How can I calm your anger? If today's punishment wasn't enough, I agree "

managed to speak in the brief moments he let her breathe, "I agree, Parker, just let me go now. My dad's waiting for me to bring the rest of the antidote to save his life. Once I've done that, you can punish me however

marriage filled with pretense and revenge.

I've hurt you during this time, I deeply apologize. I'm willing to face your

with chains

up! Is marrying

was profoundly disappointed. It took enough alcohol for him to spit

state, he could never soften, his only

and because he liked her too much, he overlooked his emotions and hatred, asking only that

gripped her face tightly, draining its color,

handsome, somber face, "It's because I care, I don't

accept me... Ah, I know it's too much

Cherry? Parker, tell me, can you face

"Stop talking!"

his slender fingers gripping her delicate

a little more force, he could end

how to dampen his

thorn in his side, not even Cherry's adorable charm could dissolve the resentment in his

have to remind him that Cherry wasn't

unwilling to marry me, the esteemed heir of Inko Group. Am I

any hurt, even an indifferent glance from you could deeply wound her. Cherry adores you, so I have to

touch me

thought about

you? I can do

her neck, tracing the elegant curve downwards, fiercely tearing open her neckline. Already drunk, his blood boiled with a rush of desire that began the moment he held her, now surging from his waist