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.

candies and started munching on

in their cute little

wrinkled with laughter “Ah, don’t

the four kids

laughter turned into tears. Her heart ached so much that it felt

daughter was about their

she were still alive, her child would be

Astrid in tears, Thalassa quickly handed her a tissue. “Astrid, it’s all in the past. I believe Celia must have been reborn somewhere else

nodded through her sobs and said. ‘It’s been many years now. What’s hard to accept is for us, the

her throat. She was a mother too, aware

could empathize with Astrid’s anguish

tissue. Astrid wiped her tears and regained her composure. “Let’s pack up and head to the graveyard. We shouldn’t let Celia feel

Thalassa nodded.

buried in

get there, they had to cross a narrow, dirt ridden country

kids frolicked along the path ahead like little bunnies, with the adults trailing

still hale and hearty, walked on her

they arrived at the

neatly but were simple earthen graves with rudimentary stone tombstones