The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 977

How many lies had she spun in his presence?

She could have laid out the whole story of her kidnapping today, detail by detail, but instead, she dodged and weaved, piling lie upon lie. Such careful deceit-who was she shielding?

Besides Callum, who else mattered so much to her that she would weave such webs of lies to protect them?

Lysander’s icy, haughty words struck her like a curse, hammering against Thalassa’s eardrums, buzzing in her head, her heart skipping a

beat.

Tears suddenly welled up, silently spilling from the corners of her eyes.

She clenched her teeth tightly, stubbornly refusing to let out even a whimper.

All she wanted was to protect her mother. Fear of losing her mom meant she couldn’t risk even the slightest gamble.

And yet, Lysander subjected her to such suspicion, such punishment.

like

crying, Lysander felt a tug at his heart, an aching

remembered how she looked after their intimate encounters-always with

taut with muscles and eyes deepened, he breathed heavily, staring at Thalassa for

chill in the office

and sense of injustice could no longer be contained; her tears flowed unrestrained,

crying, his spine stiffening, his fists clenching. He

the floodgates of emotion were opened, they were hard to close. Thalassa cried until her feelings of oppression and pain had somewhat eased.

then did she gradually

she got up from the couch, her legs wobbly, her back

she picked up her clothes from the floor and put them on.

it was

and used it

best as she could, she leaned on the desk and chairs, making her way out

she saw a

car shimmered with a mysterious, opulent allure

skipped a beat at the sight of the car, and she instinctively stopped in her