diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index 669bf0e..41877e3 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -341,10 +341,6 @@ func (p *parser) extractObject(isSubObject ...bool) (Object, error) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if parenthesisBalanced && len(isSubObject) > 0 && isSubObject[0] {
-			return object, nil
-		}
-
 		for currentRow := p.scanner.Line; currentRow == lastRow && p.scanner.TokenText() != ""; currentRow = p.scanner.Line {
 			concatenated, err := p.checkAndConcatenate(object, key)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -356,6 +352,10 @@ func (p *parser) extractObject(isSubObject ...bool) (Object, error) {
 			}
 		}
 
+		if parenthesisBalanced && len(isSubObject) > 0 && isSubObject[0] {
+			return object, nil
+		}
+
 		for p.scanner.TokenText() == commentToken {
 			p.consumeComment()
 		}
diff --git a/parser_test.go b/parser_test.go
index 2bea98e..f1f3149 100644
--- a/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser_test.go
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ func TestExtractObject(t *testing.T) {
 		assertDeepEqual(t, got, Object{"a": Object{"b": Int(1)}, "c": Int(2)})
 	})
 
+	t.Run("extract nested object with the value of unquoted string", func(t *testing.T) {
+		parser := newParser(strings.NewReader("x {a.b:10cc}"))
+		parser.advance()
+		got, err := parser.extractObject()
+		assertNoError(t, err)
+		assertDeepEqual(t, got, Object{"x": Object{"a": Object{"b": concatenation{Int(10), String(""), String("cc")}}}})
+	})
+
 	t.Run("skip the comments inside objects", func(t *testing.T) {
 		config := `{
 			# this is a comment