Chapter 3

Thalassa gingerly balanced a tray, making her way towards VB. She was petrified that she might accidentally smash the expensive booze.

“Ah!” Suddenly, someone emerged from the intersection, bumping into Thalassa and letting out a startled yelp-

Thalassa nearly jumped out of her skin, hastily clutching the unstable bottles on the tray. Phew, thank God, the bottles didn’t break

“What’s your problem, can’t you apologize after bumping into someone” A sharp, biting voice echoed in the air.

Thalassa looked at the newcomer, spotting a face full of hostility It wasn’t her fault, but clients came first. She was about to apologize, but the animosity from the woman made her change her mind

“You!”

“Your” They both exclaimed in surprise.

Isabella eyed Thalassa up and down, snickering. “Well, well, I didn’t expect to see you slumming it in a nightclub. If you’re really struggling, you should have come to me. I could have found you some decent work. After all, I’m a hotshot now, and I own my own company. We’re family. We’re supposed to help each other out.”

From the moment Isabella first saw Thalassa’s boyfriend, Leopold, she was completely smitten. He was just too good–looking, way more attractive than her own boyfriend! Her mind started spinning with wicked ideas. She offered to help Thalassa cook and during the meal, she kept finding excuses to get Leopold to drink.

Until he passed out.

firewood for heating water. Then she locked Thalassa in

showed zero interest in her.

dirty look.

incident, she suspected that it was Isabella who had locked her in the shed and shamelessly

bright future! This woman was conniving

fair. Somehow, Isabella came into a large sum of money,

Isabella. But she couldn’t avoid hearing others sing Isabella’s praises, about how successful she was now, how blissful her

cool. “You dare to talk to me

sleeves, ready for a fight. She had always disliked Thalassa. With her alluring face and seductive charm, men were easily ensnared

could confront Thalassa, the door to the VIP room swung open, and a man with an aristocratic air stepped out. “What’s all the noise? Aren’t you going to

the Falconer group. She knew who she could mess with and who she couldn’t. Falconer definitely fell into the latter category. She gave Alaric a polite nod and a curtsey, then,

Isabella left, Thalassa took a deep breath and checked the room

right away,” she responded quickly.

the man

beautiful women at their sides. They were all sweet and gentle, some fed the men fruit, while others lit their cigarettes. Except for

a dark, daunting aura,

or singing, but this man was busy on his

her a thousand dollars, enough for the kids‘ meal for two months. At the moment, her best bet was this man, since he was the only one who seemed to

door earlier, Alaric, sneered after taking a bite of the fruit a woman had offered him. “What’s the matter, darling? Are you aiming for a seat next to our

has eyes for one, and it’s not

could have any woman he wants, but his heart is already taken by a woman who’s no longer with

out this hunky guy’s love had passed away, so he was sworn off women, and devoted all his feelings to the woman who was no longer with us Such a loyal guy Wonder which

why this guy named Lysander was so chill. But she didn’t want any misunderstandings. She wasn’t trying to make a

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