The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 994

Lucy had been itching to ask the question, restraining herself until Thalassa was seated at the dinner table. She couldn’t care less whether Thalassa was going to eat the food or not.

Inviting Thalassa to lunch was just a ruse, a courtesy for Bruce’s sake. If Lucy had it her way, she’d march right over to Thalassa’s place, grab her by the hair, and demand to know what she was up to with Bruce last night!

Bruce hadn’t come home all evening, leaving Lucy tossing and turning, a sleepless mess.

She’d called him repeatedly in the early hours; he didn’t pick up. Later, when she called again, his phone was conveniently switched off.

Knowing Bruce’s roving eye, Lucy figured that if he wasn’t home at night, there was always another woman.

She felt like ants on a hot griddle, desperate but helpless.

daylight came, and so did

immediately, demanding to know where he’d been the previous

to sort out with Thalassa, stating they had spent the night together. “Thalassa

So, she devised a plan, masking it as a meal invitation to accept Thalassa as Bruce’s daughter, with the true intent of grilling her in front

cutlery in hand,

the situation and the reason for Lucy’s lunch invitation.

be foolish enough to slip up; if she did, her mother’s video might become a

startled by Lucy’s interrogation, and caught Bruce’s icy glare, which was laden with silent threats.

are you implying something else? Bruce is your husband. Are you genuinely suspecting him of something inappropriate with his own daughter? Is his character truly worth nothing in your

that, she shot Bruce a look laced with scorn and resentment.

response to imply that Bruce was worthless, a jab at

her meaning clearly. At home, Lucy had him under her thumb, leaving him breathless. He recognized the insult in