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.

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

she had witnessed it.

if his pride had been dragged through the mud, and

that apology, he

of the embarrassed, guilt–ridden man before her with the flamboyant, carefree

defined him was now overshadowed by

that restraint was heart–wrenching to see.

away, Hertha hastily called out, “Alaric, I need your help

hands clenching at his sides, but he didn’t turn

moment, Alistair hurried over. He noted Alaric’s troubled expression and Hertha standing behind him

door.

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

in the boardroom.

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

intended for her to wait in your office. I didn’t expect her to be at the conference room door,” Alistair

this time.