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.

came, and so

to know where he’d been

they had spent the night together. “Thalassa is my daughter,” he

meal invitation to accept Thalassa as Bruce’s

his cutlery in hand, and glanced toward Thalassa.

phone about the situation

wouldn’t be foolish enough to slip up; if she did, her mother’s video might become a bit less secure.

Bruce’s icy

matters to discuss. What else could it be? Or are you implying something else? Bruce is your husband. Are you genuinely suspecting him of something inappropriate with his own daughter?

look laced with

to imply that Bruce was worthless, a jab at his character.

her thumb, leaving him breathless. He recognized the insult in Thalassa’s words.