The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 1425

The warmth in Alaric’s heart had no chance to surface before it was cruelly drowned in the ocean.

His face darkened as he watched Hertha and Spencer exchanging greetings casually.

Still holding onto a thread of hope, he questioned, “You both live here?”

“Yeah, is there a problem?” Hertha answered without hesitation, her eyes calm and steady after an initial flicker of panic.

“Mr. Falconer, I’ve heard Hertha mention you before. It’s worth celebrating to see old friends, isn’t it? I’ve just picked up some stuff for a barbecue tonight, why don’t you join us?” Spencer invited with a friendly smile.

“Oh, come on! He’s now the Vice President of Falconer Group, busy managing a huge business empire. He’s much too unavailable for a casual dinner with us,” Hertha said, her voice cool as she declined on Alaric’s behalf.

The last thing she wanted was for Alaric to linger. How could she possibly want him to stay for dinner?

Especially when her kids might come back home any minute now. That would push her world to a whirlwind.

Hertha was eager to send Alaric away now. But to him, her excuses sounded like a

different message.

was mocking him, suggesting he only got the Vice President position

busy schedule was filled with

a sharp pain in his heart, as if it had been pricked by needles. His very bones felt as

Three

witness a lot.

together, and the way they

herself that her interest in Alaric was fleeting, but her feelings

for her, the

the Falconer family’s money and spent it without a second thought, but she wouldn’t let Spencer spend a dime more than necessary. What a

He wasn’t right for

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perfect match.

been to think he could start over with Hertha after three years. He once looked down on Hertha, but now, he was

you don’t seize fate at its peak, you would miss it for a lifetime. Everyone pays a

trembled with pain, but he maintained a mocking coolness on his face,