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.

frustrated with himself, too. Anyone could’ve seen him in that state, but the last person he wanted to be seen like

had witnessed it.

if his pride had been dragged through the mud, and he couldn’t bear to face Hertha.

apology, he turned

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

nonchalance that once defined him

that restraint was heart–wrenching

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

his tracks, his hands clenching at his sides, but he

over. He noted Alaric’s troubled expression and

door.

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

in the boardroom.

may have stumbled upon it, and Hertha was the one person Alaric

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 of his mistake. He may have really

this time.