The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Alaric cast a deep, lingering look at the child cradled in Kimberly's arms before glancing down at the little boy tugging at his jeans, pushing against him with his small hands.

Both children called Hertha "Mom," which meant... they were both Hertha's!

They looked so young, barely over a year old!

In the three years since Hertha had started seeing Spencer, how many other men had there been? Two kids already!

Alaric had been holding onto a thread of hope for a reconciliation with Hertha. But seeing this, all his hopes shattered like ice on a lake blasted by a bomb. The jagged shards

with disappointment, anger, and resentment. Hertha's heart skipped beats under his stare, guilt rendering her speechless as her lips quivered, unable to form words. All

as he turned and strode away. "Hey, Alaric..." Kimberly

inside his

for good. Some things, once done, can't be undone. He had clung to a sliver of hope for reconciliation with Hertha, which was why he had resisted marrying Georgia and had even faced off with his mother, risking his place in the Falconer family. But now, that sliver of hope that had kept him going was brutally snuffed

the kitchen counter, head bowed, teeth clenched, and

written all over her face as she turned to Hertha, lamenting, "What a

took Helena from Kimberly's arms, frustration evident in his voice, "Was that man someone you