The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 1419

“I agree. Go ahead with your plan, George said, clapping Alaric on the shoulder with a reassuring thud.

*The Reeds have really thrown you a lifeline in business. Try not to burn bridges with them,” Michael reminded Alaric before he left. After casting a meaningful glance at Hertha, he made his exit.

One by one, the rest of the stakeholders filtered out of the room.

At the conference room door, only Hertha and Alaric remained.

The once bustling space quieted down, and the air seemed to thicken with an odd tension that made Hertha feel uneasy, her heartbeat picking up pace.

“Um, I actually…”

“Sorry you had to see that circus, Alaric cut in before she could continue, his normally carefree eyes clouded with a certain gravity.

The roguish charm that usually danced in his eyes seemed to have dimmed, leaving him looking decidedly deflated.

He was apologizing to Hertha for having to witness such an unbecoming scene.

seen him in that state, but the last person he wanted to be seen

had

through the mud, and he

apology, he turned to leave.

stood stunned, her mouth agape, struggling to reconcile the image of the embarrassed, guilt–ridden man before her with

nonchalance that once defined him was now overshadowed

was heart–wrenching to

back to reality and noticing Alaric walking away, Hertha hastily called out, “Alaric, I need your

at

troubled expression and Hertha

door.

in a meeting today, and it wouldn’t have been the first time Georgia had

in the boardroom.

stumbled upon it, and Hertha was the one person Alaric cared about the

the reception to let Ms. Kensington up. I intended for her to wait in your office. I didn’t expect her to be at the conference room door,” Alistair apologized, bowing slightly in acknowledgment

this time.