The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

She was dying to see how her father would explain Thalassa's background!

Joshua glanced at the reporter who had asked the question, pondering without opening his mouth, his expression growing stern.

The atmosphere turned tense.

Thalassa understood the challenge Joshua faced; this was an attempt to expose the turmoil in Joshua's private life.

For someone like Joshua, a CEO of a major corporation, any scandal regarding his personal conduct could directly impact his company's stock prices, far beyond just the fame and profits of a jewelry competition.

Thalassa stepped forward and said, "Mr. Whitman has been nothing but kind and generous in taking me under his wing as his goddaughter. Is there a problem with that?"

As soon as she spoke, Lysander's deep eyes turned coldly towards her. Thalassa felt a chill directed at her, and as she followed that sensation, she met Lysander's icy gaze. His look was sharp as a sword, causing Thalassa's heart to skip a beat.

Did she say something wrong? Why was Lysander looking at her that way?

after she had spoken,

this father-daughter

this, Thalassa's head buzzed, her blood running cold as she realized what

being financially supported by

of goddaughter and godfather gimmick was typically spun in the entertainment world, often implying a

had simply

protect his company's stock prices,

at her with such a sharp, cold gaze. Thalassa was momentarily at a

stood tall, responding seriously, "Her words were merely out of consideration for me, her father. She didn't

Yes, she's

thirty years ago. I've been searching for her for many years and only found her three years ago. We've done a paternity test; she's my biological

admitted to having a daughter out of

discomfort as

the Whitman family, publicly