The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 350

“What is it?” Seeing her pause, Alaric asked, breaking the silence that was beginning to stretch uncomfortably.

Hertha’s round eyes, bright as a pair of marbles, rolled around twice, her words catching in her throat. She had been ready to admit the truth about the quadruplets, but the words died on her lips.

She swallowed them back.

Despite her desperate need to clarify that she was single, childless, and had never been with a man, she couldn’t bring herself to say it.

Because if she did, it would mean betraying Thalassa.

Alaric was Lysander’s close friend. If Alaric learned that the quadruplets were Thalassa’s children, Lysander would soon know too.

And currently, the tension between Thalassa and Lysander was not just about him disliking children or the Sinclair family looking down on Thalassa. It was a web of old grudges and resentments.

Lysander now saw Thalassa as an enemy, wishing nothing more than her downfall.

If he found out about the children Thalassa had birthed in secret, he would ruthlessly snatch them away, denying Thalassa any right to see them.

be the most

lost everything. All she had left were

them too, what would become of her?

push Thalassa into

for Alaric and her desperate urge to explain everything, she held

Hertha’s troubled expression, Alaric prompted her, his brow furrowed.

finally found her voice, “The quadruplets are

Thalassa’s true thoughts and situation.

was merely voicing Thalassa’s

friend, she could guess what Thalassa was thinking.

her children in her

worry, no one’s going to steal your children. You’ve done me a favor today. Name your price, and I’ll

account, and prepared to

Hertha felt a sudden pang of anxiety and pain.

single. She hadn’t ever been in a relationship, and certainly

to experience a passionate romance with him. When he had kissed her earlier, her heart had raced,