Chapter 475

The phone line crackled to life as she held her breath, “Hello?”

“Where are you?” Lysander’s voice was icy, low and commanding.

Thalassa glanced nervously at Leopold. She was holding her breath as she carefully replied, “At home.”

“I’m on my way.” Lysander’s rich baritone voice declared.

Before she could respond, he had ended the call.

Thalassa’s heart pounded with anxiety. A taxi happened to pass by, and she hastily flagged it down. Without an extra word with Leopold, she instructed the driver to

move.

She had to beat Lysander to her home, and to wear the necklace before he arrived:

Otherwise, Lysander would know she had lied.

Leopold watched the taxi retreat into the distance; his fists clenched and his eyes were filled with sorrow and longing.

was Lysander who

the fact that she was

much

I do to be

home was fraught with worry and impatience. Finally, the taxi pulled up to her building.

the vehicle and

sighed with relief, fumbled for her keys,

door opened, a chilling, oppressive sensation

heart

not a single

fear to get the best of her. Lysander didn’t have her keys, so how could

into the apartment and

dark, imposing figure

on seeing

his hawk-like eyes

the heaviness and the danger

was so intense that Thalassa felt a heaviness pressing on her chest, a wave of

necklace with her hands; the pendant was hanging

faster on seeing such

and the necklace when I got home; and I left them by the entrance. Then I suddenly wanted some coffee, so I took my phone and went out, forgetting to wear the necklace. When I heard you were coming, I rushed back home

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