The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 1451

Alaric dragged a chair over to the side of her hospital bed, his piercing eyes soft with concern despite the scolding tone of his voice. “Seriously, what’s with you? It was bad enough when you were tailgating me, and now you’re doing it to someone else, nearly getting yourself killed. Not everyone’s going to cut you slack like I do, you know.”

While taking care of the hospital bills, Alaric had called the traffic police to check on the details of Hertha’s accident. They confirmed she rear-ended someone else, which led to

her own injuries.

The news that Hertha had rear-ended another car both irritated and amused him.

It irritated him because, really, couldn’t Hertha take better care of herself?

It amused him because she was still the same old scatterbrained Hertha, always lost in thought and clumsy, especially behind the wheel.

if you hadn’t been so lucky? What if it had been the end of the line for you? Then what? You’d be gone, sure, but what about me?” Alaric muttered to the sleeping Hertha, his voice tinged with a mix of blame and worry.

never opened up to Hertha about his feelings, and now that she couldn’t hear him, his worry made him reveal

one else was listening; it was just him and his

very moment he voiced his concerns, someone halted abruptly at

pressing herself against the wall outside the room to stay out of Alaric’s line of sight.

felt as though it were being pierced, a

the wall. Her breathing was uneven, her eyes filled with rage and hurt, her fists clenched as she fought

be lost without her! How deeply must Alaric care for Hertha to confess such sincere thoughts

anyone. So, none of his flings

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Chapter 1451

playboy, apparently having fallen for a woman, confessing such profound emotions while she lay