Chapter 975

Thalassa snapped back to reality, hurrying to keep up.

After descending from the rooftop, she entered Lysander’s office. As soon as she walked in, the glass door swung shut behind her and locked with an ominous click.

Her body tensed, a primal sense of danger coursing through her veins.

Without warning, Lysander’s hand snaked around her slender waist, pulling her forcefully against his muscular torso. Her forehead collided with his chest, sending her heart into a frenetic gallop, like a startled fawn crashing into a cloud-confused and alarmed.

“Lysander, what are you doing?” she demanded, her voice shaky.

“You,” he responded with a single word, his low, icy voice sending shivers down her spine.

Thalassa’s eyes widened in panic. In a brief struggle, she realized that his grip was unyielding-she was trapped, her body involuntarily brushing against his.

Suddenly, she felt a telling change in him.

shock, and she stilled immediately, daring not to squirm

any struggle seemed only to heighten

she met his eyes-deep and fathomless as the

quivered at the

tonight? Did any man touch you?” Lysander’s voice

heavy, enough to make one’s teeth chatter

frantically, “No

need to check,” he declared, his tone imperious.

voice

her chin up, forcing her to look straight into

what his “checking” might entail. She’d just escaped a harrowing ordeal, and the mere thought of intimacy now filled her with intense dread

he really be so callous as to demand

today, and if it hadn’t been for Callum’s timely arrival, I… might’ve

teeth, recalling the sight of Callum holding her in a

anything.” Thalassa’s

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