The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 422

Having finished, Thalassa began to rise, only to be abruptly stopped by Leopold, who grasped her hand fiercely.

His palm was slightly damp and feverishly warm.

Startled, Thalassa reflexively yanked her hand back, her voice a passionate outcry, “Leopold, I’ve made things clear. If you are under the impression that I saved you when I stopped the car that day, let me correct you now. It wasn’t about you. I did it because Isabella called for help. I would do the same for any stranger in danger, not just because it was you!”

Thalassa was desperate to make him understand. Her eyes, brimming with earnestness, bore into his.

She wanted him to let go.

Lysander had already made it clear.

Since that fateful night five years ago, things between them were no longer possible.

Leopold had been with Isabella, and she herself had lost her purity to Lysander.

destined to be two parallel

move on

with another woman, have a woman who would genuinely love him, marry the right woman, have children, and

chose to dwell on their past, it would only hurt him.

resolute, filled with

past might show

unyielding words, Leopold felt a sharp

his car because she still cared for him, and she

believed that as long as Thalassa had feelings for him and loved him, he could overcome any obstacle, even if it

fear was that Thalassa truly had

not loving him was

not just because it was

clenched his hand on the table, his pain evident. Under the hotel’s crystal chandelier, the diamonds around

on her necklace, the pendant studded

brow furrowed, “Who gave you this necklace?”

looked down at the pendant. The diamonds surrounding the cloud-shaped pendant sparkled brilliantly, almost