The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 8

Thalassa was making a beeline for the two kids, but the little rascals beat her to the elevator. The doors were just about to close.

“Hold up!” Thalassa called out hastily

She bolted into the elevator, frantically hitting the close door button, not even having time to press the floor number. She saw the man coming and was worried he might cause a scene with her

The elevator doors slowly closed, and Thalassa caught sight of Lysander approaching from the gap, his icy gaze fixed on her. Her heart pounded faster as she locked eyes with him, her breath hitched

Luckily, it was a brief exchange of looks. The elevator doors quickly closed completely, blocking her from the man.

Thalassa’s tense shoulders finally relaxed. Turning around, she saw the curious eyes of the two kids.

“Mom, why are you here?” Her younger son, Dorian, blinked his big eyes, asking in a childish voice.

He had long eyelashes, fluttery like butterfly wings. His skin was delicate and smooth, and though he was a boy, people often mistook him for a girl. Some even thought he was prettier than girls.

Thalassa suddenly thought, didn’t Dorian’s eyes look a bit like the man’s from earlier?

1 came here for an interview, I’ll be working here starting tomorrow. What are you guys doing here? Where’s your grandmother?” Her face turned serious, worried about what might happen if they got lost without an adult. Normally she was lenient with their mischief, but when it came to safety, she had to be strict

Dorian felt guilty under his mom’s stern gaze. He hung his head, not knowing how to explain. He knew better than to lie to his mom.

Atticus piped up. “Mom, we came to find Lysander. You offended him yesterday, so we wanted to apologize and ask for his forgiveness.”

serious young face. His childish yet dark eyes resembled the man’s she had run into

Was she seeing things because of that man?

had scared her. Shaking off her ridiculous thoughts, Thalassa looked at Atticus then at Dorian. “Did you guys

nodded “Mom, you sounded really scared yesterday, and it made us sad.

were glistening with empathy.

hug, and her warm voice said, “Thank you, having you guys makes everything worth it. But you have to promise me, no more running off on your own. If you got lost, I would never see you

was on the verge of tears, her

run off Dorian obediently nodded, exchanging a glance with his brother Atticus. They winked at each other

they were off the hook! And they didn’t even have to lie

to question why the two boys knew the man’s name was Lysander after hearing only a single sentence

that woman sure knew how to make a run for it! She kept

assistant David was waiting for

there were two…” David was about to say, two

was interrupted by Lysander, “Has my

personally handle your schedule. There’s no way it could’ve been

expression, he turned away. True, his bathroom schedule was not part of his

barge into the men’s room and saw what she shouldn’t have. That had

in his executive chair, picked up his pen, then put it down again. His deep gaze landed on David, “What were you saying?”

saying, two people were looking for you…” David replied

Lysander

since Lysander wasn’t in the office then, he told the kids

fooling around. David

it anymore. “In the future,

in the

bowed slightly “Understood, I’ll inform the secretary right

lifted his