The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

This kid, he's taken things a step further than I ever did back in the day.

He actually went and rigged Thalassa's phone with a tracking system, just so he could keep tabs on her every move.

The moment Atticus caught wind of this, he could see that Lysander was steaming mad.

He got all jittery, cautiously saying, "I just missed mom so much, and you know how military school is... they don't exactly let us out for family visits..."

So, that was his way of keeping in touch with Thalassa's whereabouts.

He was just overly concerned about his mom.

Lysander's gaze narrowed dangerously as he leaned in closer to Atticus, his voice low and magnetic, "You didn't eavesdrop on things you shouldn't have, did you?"

Atticus Sinclair blinked in confusion, not quite catching Lysander's drift at first. But the serious look on his dad's face was a dead giveaway that this was serious business.

Then it hit him, and he quickly held up two fingers, saying, "I would never listen in on mom when she's in the shower or anything. And she doesn't even take her phone with her to the bathroom or shower anyway."

show his sincerity, Lysander's expression didn't soften. Those penetrating eyes still held a

in bewilderment, clueless about what more Lysander was

wave of relief and ruffled his hair gently, his voice softening, "Good to know. Remember,

understand yet, and

then felt

nodded, understanding. "We've

to

comes to

into was this tender moment of Lysander smoothing Atticus's hair and the boy nodding obediently, a picture of fatherly love and filial

from Thalassa's heart, and she opened the car door, asking softly, "What are you two chatting

we were just..."

silent reminder, made Atticus's smile freeze a bit, and

his voice smooth as silk, "All

a smile, replying, "Yeah, we were just talking about how Atticus