The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Lydia, seeing Alaric shake his head, decided not to get up to answer the door.

The doorbell rang for a while and then stopped.

Just as Lydia was about to breathe a sigh of relief, her cell phone buzzed in her pocket.

Checking the caller ID, she saw it was Thalassa calling and quickly answered.

"Lydia, did you swing by Alaric's place to check up on him?" Thalassa's concerned voice came through the phone.

"Yeah, I did. Gave him a shot," Lydia replied.

"Have you left yet?" Thalassa inquired.

"No, still here," Lydia said.

"We're at his doorstep, rang the bell but got no answer," Thalassa explained.

you ringing? Hold on, I'll come open

got up and headed

by Angelina and Georgia, instinctively fearing it might be them again at

it was

saw Thalassa and Hertha standing there. She

Thalassa and Hertha entered, Thalassa asked, "How's Alaric

flu. Not like it's

voice, felt a jolt in his heart and excitedly sat up

hoarse, barely a whisper, too soft for

about to call out louder, but then he remembered the disdainful look

impatient tone.

to speak, then swallowed the words back down,

her? It would only deepen her disdain for him. She had made it clear; she found him repulsive, believing there could never be anything between them. With that thought, Alaric's briefly recovered energy faded, and he slumped back onto the bed, disheartened. "You've got it

check on him, Alaric quickly lay back down and closed his eyes, pretending to be

footsteps approached closer to