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.

thrilled with the candies and started munching on them, their faces

in their cute

face wrinkled with laughter

the four kids scampered

Astrid’s laughter turned into tears. Her heart ached so much

was about their age when she

her child would be as old as

Celia must have been reborn somewhere else by now, living a happy life in some other

nodded through her sobs and said. ‘It’s been many years now. What’s hard to

lump in her throat. She was a mother too, aware of the

could empathize with Astrid’s

Astrid wiped her tears and regained her composure. “Let’s pack up and

Thalassa nodded.

was buried in Hollowbrook’s

cross a

ahead like little bunnies, with the adults trailing

still hale and hearty, walked on her own. Thalassa offered her

arrived at the

weren’t cemented neatly but were simple earthen graves with rudimentary stone tombstones