The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

"Keep it up, let's push through together," Zoey encouraged.

Moved by her words, Thalassa nodded vigorously.

After shaking hands, Zoey cautiously glanced towards Lysander before returning to her seat.

As Thalassa was about to sit, Cody announced, "Let's have our champion come up for a speech."

Under Cody's watchful eye, Thalassa reluctantly returned to the stage, took the microphone, and delivered a heartfelt thank-you speech.

Handing the microphone back to Cody, she descended the stage, only to see Rosalind pushing Lysander in his wheelchair, both heading towards the exit.

Lysander had left, showing no interest in the presentation of the design works.

leave, Thalassa felt a heaviness in her heart. Winning should have been exhilarating, yet the joy was muted without being able to share it with the person

Thalassa stepped off the stage than a staff

Heidi had already completed their registration and were on their way out

was filling out her information, she overheard a

possibly allocate design number three to

already planning to give the champion designer's work to you,"

around, Thalassa saw Joshua leaning on a cane, while Cody excused himself, mentioning

up and asked, "Are you one of the sponsors

responded with a smile, "I wish. I found out about the contest too late to sponsor

puzzled, as she thought only sponsors were eligible to

to Cody before leaving. Cody knows how to handle these situations." Understanding dawned on Thalassa; Joshua

dwindled, leading to an awkward