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 "

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 you want... Just not through marriage. My marriage to Barclay was a transaction, because I don't love

filled with pretense and revenge. It'd be too painful

you during this time, I deeply apologize. I'm willing to

not with chains of

up! Is marrying me

profoundly disappointed. It took enough alcohol for him

state, he could never soften, his only

much, he overlooked his

face tightly, draining

bitterly, her heart trembling as she looked into his handsome, somber face, "It's because I care, I don't want to be a stain

you can't wholly accept me... Ah,

do you also despise Cherry? Parker, tell me, can you face Cherry after we marry? Don't forget,

"Stop talking!"

his slender fingers gripping her

just a little more force, he could

how to dampen

Cherry's adorable charm could

she have to remind him that Cherry wasn't his

to marry me, the esteemed heir of Inko Group. Am I not

her head, 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

you touch me without feeling bothered by all

really thought

you? I can do that

left 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