Thalassa and Alaric were crammed together in the elevator, descending swiftly when it halted at the 10th floor. The doors slid open to reveal two young kids, flanked by a pair of women. One of the women, in her twenties, was strikingly beautiful with a gentle smile gracing her lips.

The other, about fifty, was immediately recognizable to Thalassa as Bridget!

At her feet were the two little munchkins, Julian and Helena!

Seeing Bridget, along with Julian and Helena, made Thalassa's heart skip a beat, her breath catching in her throat.

Oh boy, she had managed to keep Alaric from noticing the kids' stuff, but now there was no avoiding him meeting them face-to-face!

Would the kids recognize her, calling her Aunt Thalassa?

Her heart was racing with nervousness.

warm smile directed at her, about to say something. Thalassa's breath stalled, her mind swirling with apologies. Hertha,

the younger woman beside her apologized with a laugh, "Sorry, we were actually headed to the 20th floor, meant to only press the up button, but the

woman had barely finished speaking when Julian and Helena craned their little

felt her heart

kids were about to lock eyes with her, the elevator doors closed, cutting off

couldn't see

PLAY YOUR

su

doors were shut, the elevator resumed its

neutral topic, "Those two

she was also probing, seeing if Alaric had any suspicions about the two

the Spencer family lived, and the 20th was

making a fuss to go back home, leading

who was that younger woman? Thalassa didn't

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255