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.

He had come out personally to

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

back at Joshua,

casual and pointed, “the world’s full of con artists these days. They

of Thalassa as

for a second that Thalassa was Joshua’s blood.

cunning, a master of deception who had ensnared both

to have no contact with any of their kin

was worming her way to

sidelong glances towards Thalassa were filled with hostility and

tell he was insinuating she was the fraud pretending to be Joshua’s daughter.

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Chapter 1390

“You’re absolutely right, Zephyr. I did come across a con artist recently. A woman claiming to be my daughter showed