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.

in her heart was like a draught of

and crying, Lysander felt a tug at his

remembered how she looked after their intimate

and eyes deepened, he breathed heavily, staring at Thalassa for a few seconds before turning on

chill in the office slowly faded.

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

stiffening, his fists clenching. He bit his lip and strode away with long, brisk steps.

were hard to close. Thalassa cried until her feelings of oppression and pain had

then did she gradually

up from the couch, her legs

she picked up her clothes from the floor and put

buttons were gone; it was impossible to fasten.

and

up as best as she could, she leaned on the desk

the entrance of Sinclair Group, she saw a black Rolls-Royce parked outside.

luxurious black car shimmered with a mysterious, opulent allure under the neon lights of the city night.

the sight of the car, and she instinctively stopped in her tracks.