Chapter 1135

Watching her struggle with a mix of helplessness and heartache, Thalassa couldn’t help but ask, “If you still care so much, why pretend it doesn’t bother you?”

“What good does it do to care? It just gives him more power to hurt me more,” Hertha replied with a grim face. She stared at the retreating figure of Alaric in the distance, murmuring to herself.

Thalassa heard her and understood all too well.

Caring for a man who didn’t love you back only made you fall deeper and allow him hurt you, intentionally or not. And you’re left powerless, with nothing to do but guard your own

heart.

Hertha was a testament to that, and Thalassa was the same.

Thalassa didn’t try to stop her from drinking anymore. Instead, she signaled the bartender and ordered another cocktail and a juice.

said, raising her glass of juice

Cheers, to

life that kisses us with pain, and to us who sing back. We’re

she sipped her juice, while Hertha downed her fiery drink

Hertha suddenly looked as if she’d seen a ghost. She nudged Thalassa’s wrist and pointed ahead,

around her slim waist, and the other playfully lifted her chin. He wore a roguish smile

with a coy smile, and their eyes were

this, Thalassa quickly reached to cover Hertha’s eyes.

laughed and said, “Thalassa, are you trying to deny the obvious truth? I’m not your little kids. Do you think I won’t know what’s going on if

to see to know what Alaric was going to do with the

took her hand away. She was feeling a mixture of melancholy and helplessness. She

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to watch, yet she stared openly, with a cold, self-mocking laughter bubbling

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