Chapter 1184

Lysander lifted his head, gazes like deep pools of midnight gazing into hers.

Thalassa couldn’t hold his stare. Her eyes darted away in a futile evasion.

He shifted closer, pulling her into an embrace that was both unexpected and inescapable. Thalassa squirmed briefly.

Lysander’s arms were unyielding, his voice a low command, “Time for bed.”

At his words, Thalassa realized he had no ulterior motives and ceased her struggles, allowing him to hold her.

Her ear pressed against his chest, the steady thrum of his heartbeat echoed, causing her own to quicken with a mixture of alarm and something else at the memory of his earlier

question.

“Being pregnant on your own must’ve been tough,” Lysander’s voice was a husky whisper in the darkness.

Thalassa floundered, caught off guard by his sudden reference to her past pregnancy.

the experience once before, giving birth to

to five months before they start to stir in the womb. He must have realized she

a hospital ready to welcome me when it

been overseen by her mother’s vigilant

her mother, the journey would have been

with her mother’s help, it wasn’t all that bad. And afterward, having her

five years, aside from the fatigue of earning a living and the sting of gossip for being an unwed mother, she had her children’s company, and that healed all wounds

could sense the bittersweet struggle of a

pulled her petite body closer, resting his chin atop her head as

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Chapter 1184

Four days later.

Thalassa, urgency lacing her words over the

day off and be with me. I can’t handle this

panic?”

this guy. He’s a hotshot with a Ph.D., makes a cool half a mil a year, never dated, total brainiac,

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