The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Three years ago, she had this nagging feeling that Leopold's death was fishy, but couldn't pin down why. No one ever spoke up about it, and now, with Callum's words, her heart clenched, and her body tensed up.

Callum's hands were firmly on the steering wheel, talking about it as if it were just another day, but the slight tension in his voice betrayed his unresolved feelings.

"He called me the night before he died. He wanted to use his death to create a scandal, to pressure Lysander into giving up his CEO position at the Sinclair Group. Without Lysander in power, he couldn't control you anymore, and you'd be free. He was so naive; what's one life against absolute power? Even in death, he couldn't shake Lysander's hold."

Callum couldn't forget that night, the despair in Leopold's voice when he had called.

A young man, gone in the blink of an eye.

Thalassa's breathing stopped, tears falling, her heart trembling with pain. "So, it was me. I was the cause of his death."

died from the

the Sinclair Group's subsidiary, Leossa Electronics, due to manufacturing defects, and not Leopold, shifting all blame to Leossa Electronics would

It was only then that she realized Leopold couldn't withstand the public pressure and the outrage of the victims' families', leading him to

his own scheme, using his life to create a scandal in hopes of

foolish? She wasn't worth his sacrifice. And how did he not see that even in death, he wouldn't be able to shake Lysander's foundation? Even three years later, Thalassa's heart ached as if being sliced

it fulfills Leopold's last wish," Callum suddenly said,

in her grief

YOUR

noticed the tension radiating from Lysander, knowing

easily surpass Thalassa in her area of expertise, dealing with thugs wasn't her forte. That moment surely made Lysander think

for Thalassa, I would've had a hard time. She really knows how to handle

reaction, noting his

his gaze fixed ahead, devoid of