"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?

when Susan was sitting by the window, holding her child, it did stir painful memories within

image of Leopold's passing is something she doubted

Leopold had long since evolved from love to

yourself to protect his reputation. You've kept silent all these years. Does it not weigh on you?"

this matter

face-to-face, and Lysander had never mentioned

he might

her words, but

feel wronged,"

death,

him for

him for what

and they had their

she

you?"

"No one told me, I overheard it

day at the hospital, I overheard

"Which day?" Lysander insisted.

replying, "The day you were supposed to marry

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