The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 62

Im fine, just a bit under the weather, Astrid said with a grin plastered across her face as they returned

“Astrid, we’re back!” Elowen, lively as a bunny, hopped over to Astrid’s bedside. Her round face was lit up with a sweet smile.

“Elowen, you’re back. Let me take a look at you. Wow, you’re growing up to be quite the heartbreaker, Astrid said, her face filled with love as she gently caressed Elowen’s soft cheeks.

“Hi, Astrid,” Dorian chimed in, moving closer to greet Astrid.

“Astrid,” Atticus added.

“Hello, Astrid.” Sophia came forward to greet her too.

Astrid was grinning from ear to ear. Tve got loads of sweets. Let me fetch them for you.”

She got off the bed and pulled out a handful of beautifully wrapped candies from her cupboard, distributing them among the four children.

These candies were gifts from the villagers during festivals. She’d saved them for when the kids came around.

started munching on them, their faces beaming with

in their cute

laughter “Ah, don’t mention

kids

tears.

was about their age

alive, her child would be as

“Astrid, it’s all in the past. I believe Celia must have

‘It’s been many years now. What’s hard to accept is for us, the

her throat. She was a mother too,

with Astrid’s anguish

her composure. “Let’s pack up and head to the

Thalassa nodded.

buried in Hollowbrook’s public

get there, they had to cross a

kids frolicked along the path ahead like little bunnies, with

hearty, walked on her

arrived at the

were simple earthen graves with rudimentary stone tombstones and