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.

that was you ringing? Hold on, I'll come

and headed for

bit spooked earlier by Angelina and Georgia, instinctively fearing it

it was

Lydia saw Thalassa and Hertha standing there. She was

Hertha entered,

survive. It's just a nasty flu. Not like it's the end of the world," Hertha chimed

felt a jolt in his

His voice was hoarse, barely a whisper, too soft for those in the living

the disdainful look Hertha had

impatient tone.

back

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

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

did, footsteps approached closer to the