Chapter 1338

Breathing ragged and heart racing, Thalassa stared at Lysander, her words deliberate and tense, “I’m not one for daydreams, and I’d appreciate it if Mr. Sinclair didn’t try to force

them on me!”

Her statement, though resolute, carried an undertone of self-deprecation, echoing like a speck of dust in its insignificance.

Once upon a time, she had indeed fantasized about marrying Lysander, and she had asked him more than once if he would ever take her as his wife. What was his response?

He told her not to daydream!

Now she was wide awake and clear-minded, and her only desire was to stay far away from Lysander.

Yet there he was, showing up in the dead of night, proposing to her!

Shock gave way to a bitter, mocking desolation in Thalassa.

Lysander caught the rejection in her voice, along with the desolate tone of a heart that had been wounded and scarred.

though gripped by an invisible hand, the pain tightening its

some rest. I’ll come for you in the morning,” Lysander’s deep, smooth voice broke the silence as he stood and

bed, the moonlight casting a ghostly glow on his retreating silhouette. She

his dark figure with a frosty sheen, reminiscent of a winter’s night when leaves are coated with a layer of

sent an involuntary chill through her heart, an urge

door and closed

holding back.

open to the morning

awareness. She got out of bed and went to check on the children,

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Had Lysander taken the kids away?

then saw four small figures in the

green beans. Let’s pick extra for her,” Atticus’ little hands were full of green beans, yet

I can cook them for your mom later,” Astrid

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