Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 969

Parker spoke again, his voice softening, "Everything's heading in the right direction, Tiana. Marrying you won't be a problem anymore. Marry me, and once you're expecting our second child, could the old man ever stand in our way again? Those hard days are behind you, no need to be afraid anymore.

From now on, I've got your back, Tiana..."

His voice dropped to a husky whisper, enveloping her in a tender yet intense embrace, like a dark net capturing her heart.

The way he said 'Tiana' made her heart skip a beat.

Her eyes widened in surprise, moisture brimming at the edges.

He was proposing marriage? And talking about... having another child?

Tiana had never entertained such thoughts.

Moreover, the words 'second child' coming from his lips, so filled with joy, yet they stung her deeply!

She had been pregnant before, not too long ago.

Tiana clutched her stomach, as if feeling a sharp pain there.

her lips, her

her stomach, Parker grew frustrated. "Don't you want to be with

that child, which should've never existed in the first place, that you don't want

hide his desperation, pressed her for answers. He wanted her love, to prove that he was different, that he mattered more to

the past and have another child with me? Despite everything, including your affair with Barclay... I won't blame you for that. Maybe he forced you into

it was special for both of us. Let's not dwell on the past. I want you, now and forever, to be mine. Let's have another child, forget about that mistake! For Cherry's sake, come back to

mistake," Tiana choked out, gripping the fabric of her dress over her small belly,

the child I lost... wasn't a mistake. You can't hate it like that.

his mind reeling,

wasn't someone else's child you

was cold, his

mistake. It was conceived during those days on Saltland Island, when you lost

lying

Impossible!

terminate that pregnancy, repeatedly calling it

was also his...

Tiana, why?

it really mine?" his voice broke as he