Chapter 1379

Isabella, bold as brass, swiped something right out in the open, spouting all kinds of nonsense. She really must have a death wish!

She was just taking advantage of Thalassa being on her own, without Lysander watching her back. Isabella thought she was above everyone else, turning the truth on its head!

How dare she claim Thalassa’s jade pearl was stolen from her? The nerve!

Richard didn’t delve too deeply, but he believed Thalassa through and through. The jade pearl was a legacy from Thalassa’s late mother.

Thalassa had grown up without a father, raised single-handedly by Evelyn.

And there was Isabella, with both parents alive and kicking, suddenly spouting some cock-and-bull story about her mother having an affair and giving birth to her out of wedlock. Such a blatant fabrication.

An hour later, the ER doors swung open. Richard approached the doctor and asked, “How is she?”

“The patient is weak and went into shock from the stress. Some IV fluids should set her right,” the doctor explained.

that Thalassa would be okay, Richard let out a

clothes had been replaced with a hospital gown. Her frail body lay on the bed,

notic Thalassa’s eyelids fluttering a sign she was coming

her eyes to find a magnified, handsome face with clear,

a beat, and she instinctively shrank back, but upon recognizing Richard,

staring at me

and said, “Sorry, I just couldn’t help watching you’re about to wake up. How

bit more. “I’m fine.”

Thalassa’s first thought upon waking was of Richard reaching out

taken aback; then, a small

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to hear if we got the jade pearl back. But no, you don’t seem to

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