Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 949

Winston reluctantly put down his gun, his mind a whirlwind of emotions he could hardly process.

Could it be, after all, that the kids weren't to blame? Was it all because Barclay had been pulling strings, deceiving everyone, and claiming innocent women for himself?

He sighed inwardly, his turmoil hidden beneath a calm exterior, and said gravely, "Bring her over. I want to see the child."

"Right away!" Ashton, noticing the old man's change of heart, hurried off to catch up with Parker, informing him, "The little girl's been in the car following mine. I had my guys looking after her.

I was driving too fast earlier to have her in my car. She should've arrived by now."

The two men made their way to the entrance of Sea Bay.

Scanning the area, Parker asked impatiently, "Ashton, where is she?"

Ashton turned to see that his sports car was alone; there was no sign of his men's vehicle behind it. His brow furrowed, and his expression darkened as he quickly dialed Chris.

But Chris didn't pick up, tightening Ashton's chest with worry.

Parker, watching the unanswered call, grabbed Ashton's collar, his voice tense, "What do you mean? Where's Cherry?"

"Just wait..." Ashton kept dialing Chris's number, to no avail.

Parker refused to wait any longer and dashed toward Ashton's car, slamming on the gas pedal, "Ashton!"

"Get in! Let's go back and look for Chris's car. Maybe... maybe he broke down on the road?" Ashton tried to reassure Parker with a hopeful guess.

a sharp intuition, had just learned of

Not on his watch...

steering wheel as the sports car

they up to?" Back at the villa's

turned to see the two men leaving, murmuring

the car he arranged?" Tiana stood up, peering

"Whitney, let's go see why Cherry

turned, his brow furrowed, and replied thoughtfully, "No car came in, nor was there any sign of a little girl. So,

into the distance, "What do

I want to take Tiana to see what happened. It's her daughter;

little granddaughter was indeed Parker's, his affection for her was naturally different from that for Barclay's

Winston." Tiana, sensing his change of attitude, nodded gratefully and quickly got

was tense, "Whitney, drive faster,

trouble with both of you. I couldn't risk taking Cherry with me, so I left her with

me. You and Ashton have already

abruptly stopped sports

in the middle of the road,

stopped the car, and before it fully settled, Tiana was already running towards the figures of Parker and Ashton

black car halfway

revealing a

vaulted the

passenger side. He elbowed the car window, breaking it to look inside, "Little one! You better be alright..." But there was no sign of the girl in

the cliffside, Parker found no traces