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 "

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

With you, Parker, I can't endure another marriage filled

I've hurt you during this time, I deeply apologize.

not with chains

marrying

profoundly disappointed. It took enough alcohol for him to

he could never soften, his only

much, he overlooked his emotions and hatred, asking only that she abort that "mistake" so he

to marry me?" He gripped her face tightly, draining its color, his

misunderstood. She shook her head bitterly, her heart trembling as she looked into his handsome, somber

me... Ah,

but do you also despise Cherry? Parker, tell me, can you face Cherry

"Stop talking!"

his slender fingers gripping

more force, he could

to dampen his spirit at the

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

have to remind

marry me, the esteemed heir

stubbornly meeting his gaze, "Don't dodge the issue, Parker. Can you accept Cherry? The child can't handle any hurt, even an indifferent glance from you could deeply wound her. Cherry adores you, so I have to be even more careful about your attitude

you touch me without feeling bothered by

you really thought about these

can

of desire that began the moment he held her, now surging from