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 draught of wormwood, choking her.

silent and crying, Lysander felt a tug at

after their intimate encounters-always with that same

he breathed heavily, staring

departed, the wintry chill in the office slowly

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

of her crying, his spine stiffening, his fists clenching.

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

she

couch, her legs wobbly, her back

up her clothes from

gone; it

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

she could, she leaned on the

Sinclair Group, she saw a black Rolls-Royce parked

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

skipped a beat at the sight of the car, and she