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.

her heart was like a

and crying, Lysander felt a tug at

intimate encounters-always with that same aggrieved expression.

face taut with muscles and eyes deepened, he breathed heavily, staring at Thalassa for a few seconds before turning on his heel

chill in the

contained; her tears

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

emotion were opened, they were hard to close. Thalassa cried until

she

up from the couch, her legs wobbly, her

her clothes from the floor and

were gone; it was

found a stapler in Lysander’s office and used it to fasten

up as best as she could, she leaned on the desk and chairs, making

she saw a black

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

at the sight of the car, and she instinctively stopped in