The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 1390

Thalassa felt the unwelcoming hint in Zephyr’s gaze, as piercing as a hawk’s, and her heart sank, her eyes casting downward.

She knew Zephyr had no affection for her, that his heart harbored a profound resentment towards her.

Her presence now would surely have him cursing her a thousand times over in his mind.

Yet, even at the risk of igniting Zephyr’s wrath, Thalassa had to come. She couldn’t abandon Lysander.

“Zephyr, let me introduce you,” Joshua began, oblivious to Zephyr’s darkening

countenance. “This is my newly acknowledged daughter, Thalassa. In time, I plan to give her my family name, make her a Whitman.”

Joshua’s timely intervention eased Thalassa’s discomfort. She quickly glanced at him, finding a gaze filled with the warmth of old friendship towards Zephyr.

The genial expression seemed to plead for peace, to be too kind to shatter.

come

it would be a travesty to let an old friendship be spoiled over a mere woman.

hawk-like focus shifted from Thalassa, and when he looked back at Joshua, his face wore a polite smile once

and pointed, “the world’s full of con artists these days. They don’t just

the least bit surprised at Joshua’s introduction of Thalassa as his da

second that Thalassa

woman was cunning, a master of deception who had ensnared both

family had given her an ultimatum she was to have no contact with any

was worming her way to Joshua now! She truly was

sidelong glances towards Thalassa were filled with hostility

slightly. She could tell he was insinuating she was the fraud pretending to

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con artist recently. A woman claiming to be my daughter showed up with jade pearls. Luckily, I’m not so