The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

chapter 7

11l be there.” Thalassa hurriedly pronilsed.

After a few more words with the head of HR, she hung up the phone. Her annoyance seemed to have eased a bit. After all, there was no such thing as a dead end. When one door closed, another door would open for you

She just casually sent her resume to the Sinclair group on the train yesterday, just giving it a shot She didn’t expect to actually get an interview invitation The Sinclair group was the biggest and richest corporation in Starhaven If she could work there, the salary and benefits would definitely be good After dinner, she said to Evelyn. “Mom, I’m going for an interview. You stay home and take care of the kids. Don’t go gambling again. We need to be realistic. We earn what we earn, no need to be greedy Being greedy will only lead to bad outcomes.”

“Oh come on, I got it Do you think it’s okay to talk to your mom like this? I just want to help you ease off some pressure. How did that become greed?” Evelyn refused to admit she was wrong, responding firmly.

Thank you for thinking about me, but we need to do the right thing. Gambling is wrong. If you get addicted, what will happen to me and the kids?” Thalassa knew Evelyn meant well, but her approach could lead to big trouble. She had a responsibility to steer Evelyn in the right direction, to keep her from going astray

“Alright, I got it. Just go, Evelyn urged impatiently.

Thalassa hugged each of her kids and then left.

A while after Thalassa left, Atticus and Dorian exchanged glances, and a silent agreement was reached.

Atticus said to Evelyn, “Grandma, I want some milk.”

Dorian chimed in, “Me too.”

pasta enough?” Evelyn

eyes, and he said in a pitiful voice, “I’m not full.

so pitiful and innocently crying, was heartbreaking. Evelyn couldn’t bear it. “Alright, don’t cry, I’ll go make you some formula” Atticus whispered to his sisters, “Stay here. Drink the two bottles of milk grandma made. We’re going out. Don’t

Sinclair group, HR on

her interview, and it went very well. She got hired as a cleaner for the

to familiarize herself with the structure and environment of the top floor after the

was the CEO’s office, a little further in was the conference room,

storeroom would probably be where she’d store her brooms, mops, carts, and other

and familiarize herself with the layout, to determine where to place things, so she could get to work straight

the space into two. There was

there. He was wearing a black suit, straight pants that fit his long legs perfectly, without a single wrinkle. His suit

something

was

assumed it was a storeroom from the start,

was stiff in place. At that moment, the man turned around. Her startled gaze met the man’s

a moment their eyes

God! Wasn’t this the same Lysander from Box

lip. Her heart was pounding like a drum, and

am I, where am

let me disappear!”

his clothes, his sharp eyes like ice daggers looking at her,

was flushed, and her words slurred, as she stammered in explanation, “Misunderstanding, I didn’t mean to peep at you. I mean, I didn’t see anything! I thought this was a storeroom. I thought the faucet

How could she have thought this was a bathroom, let alone a