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.

heart was like

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

remembered how she looked after their intimate encounters-always with

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

departed, the wintry chill in the

longer be contained; her tears flowed unrestrained, her

of her crying, his spine stiffening, his

to close. Thalassa

then did she

couch, her legs wobbly, her back aching.

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

buttons were gone; it was impossible

in Lysander’s office and used

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

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

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

the car, and she instinctively stopped in