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.

Parker, with a sharp intuition, had just learned of Cherry's identity.

Not on his watch...

steering wheel as the sports car sped away

are they up to?" Back at the

cars, turned to see the two

arranged?" Tiana stood up,

see why Cherry hasn't gotten out of

came in, nor was there any sign of a

staring into the distance, "What do you mean Cherry didn't come,

Winston, "Sir, I want to take Tiana to see what happened. It's her daughter; she's worried. Please,

for her was naturally different from that for Barclay's daughter. He stepped aside, "Find the child first. We'll talk about the rest

Tiana, sensing his change of attitude, nodded

tense,

"It's also my fault. I should have handed Cherry over to your mother at the church. But Winston came back so suddenly, looking for trouble with both of you. I couldn't risk taking Cherry

face, "I should have kept my daughter by my side, regardless of how Parker took me. You and Ashton have already done so much for us." "It might not be anything serious. Maybe it's just traffic!" Whitney tried to reassure her, though both

Ashton's abruptly stopped

halted in the middle of the road, doors wide

before it fully settled, Tiana was already running towards the figures of Parker and Ashton standing by the roadside

closer, Tiana saw a black

had crashed, flipped over, its doors flung open, revealing a

Ashton vaulted the

was faster, diving down and rushing to 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 driver's

slope towards the cliffside,