The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

She nodded, her voice filled with hope, "Alright, I'll wait another year. After a year, I can see them."

"When we have a moment, maybe on a school open day, I'll take you to see them," Lysander finally relented, sensing the depth of Thalassa's longing for the children. "Really?" Thalassa's face lit up with surprise and delight as she looked at Lysander.

Gently ruffling her hair, Lysander spoke warmly, "Of course, it's true."

Though visiting the children would require Zephyr's consent, and he had to convince Zephyr to let Thalassa go, he couldn't bear to see her in such distress.

He was determined to make it happen.

"Fantastic!" Thalassa beamed, suddenly filled with a new energy.

Sitting up, she smiled at Lysander, "Let's get up and have some dinner, shall we?"

With that, she quickly got out of bed, moving to Lysander's side to help him up, but before she could start, she saw Lysander moving his legs, already sitting on the edge of the bed.

Thalassa felt a bit awkward, unsure of what to do next.

Lysander glanced at her, raising an eyebrow, "Could you move aside a bit?"

puzzled, didn't catch

her, and turning around, she saw the wheelchair, realizing what he meant. She was about to pull the wheelchair closer when Lysander

the wheelchair to the bedside, and with practiced ease, he seated

were

Thalassa asked, "Have you always managed getting in and out

else? If I'm to use this wheelchair for the foreseeable future, I better do it myself,"

Thalassa felt a heavy

bound to a wheelchair

as proud and accomplished as Lysander, a lifetime in a

blow to his dignity but

a life once filled

merely five minutes to

inner strength, yet she could imagine the devastating impact

in her

to reality

Lysander pushing his wheelchair