"What's on your mind?" A deep, magnetic voice suddenly broke the silence beside her.

Thalassa snapped back to reality, meeting Lysander's gaze. Quickly pushing aside her swirling thoughts, she managed a smile and said, "Nothing much."

"Were you thinking about Leopold?" Lysander asked out of the blue.

Thalassa was taken aback, hurriedly replying, "No, not at all..."

Lysander's expression darkened, and Thalassa, worried he might misunderstand, quickly added, "I was just wondering why Alaric's mother ended up in the orphanage."

She wasn't lying; that was exactly what she had been thinking about.

She couldn't fathom why Lysander would bring up Leopold out of nowhere.

His name hadn't come up between them in ages.

Especially today, when nothing they did had anything to do with Leopold.

"Really? I thought that scene earlier might have reminded you of him," Lysander remarked.

That scene?

window,

image of Leopold's passing is

long since

at Leossa Electronics was entirely Leopold's fault. Yet, you took all the blame upon yourself to protect his reputation. You've kept silent all these years. Does it not weigh on you?" Thalassa found

directly discussed this matter since

expressed understanding or cleared up any misunderstandings face-to-face, and Lysander had never mentioned

up Leopold today, he might never have addressed this secret

surprised by her words,

wronged,"

Leopold's death,

him for a long

for what

and they had their share of disagreements about

did she learn

told you?" Lysander

head, "No one told me, I overheard

hospital, I overheard Amelia

"Which day?" Lysander insisted.

day you were supposed to marry

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