Chapter 770

The man was dressed in brown slacks and a cream-colored shirt, his short hair dyed a chestnut brown. He had a youthful appearance, but his amber eyes were filled with melancholy.

He walked over to Alaric and Hertha and stopped next to them, “Mr. Falconer, what a coincidence. You’re here for a drink too?” He directed his gaze towards Alaric.

“Leopold, it’s been a while,” Alaric greeted Leopold Sinclair.

As he spoke, his eyes flicked briefly towards Hertha, who was clinging to his arm like a needy kitten.

Noticing the confusion in his gaze, Alaric’s stern expression softened slightly. He chuckled and explained to Leopold in a teasing tone, “She’s just a little tipsy.”

By this, he meant that he wasn’t interested in Hertha. Instead, she was the one clinging to him due to her disturbed state of mind.

Although Alaric had a reputation for being a ladies’ man, he knew better than to mix business with pleasure.

interest in Hertha and certainly didn’t view her

carefully upon hearing Alaric’s explanation. She was clinging to Alaric; her face buried into his arm, eyes closed,

under the influence of

to pat Hertha’s shoulder

head towards him; her

here drinking alone? Didn’t Thalassa come with you?” Leopold

when he was dating Thalassa, Hertha often

her eyes, Hertha squinted at Leopold through her haze. Recognizing him, she lifted a finger to point at him accusingly, “Leopold, it’s all your fault! If you hadn’t treated Thalassa so poorly and hadn’t broken up with her, she wouldn’t be

state now!”

She knew how Thalassa was being dominated by Lysander, being used

always filled Hertha with immense grief.

and Thalassa’s plight, Leopold’s heart ached.

pain.

Leopold offered as he tried to hide his

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