The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Hertha's eyes widened in disbelief as she blurted out, "Alaric!" What was he doing here?

The woman who had just falsely accused Hertha of having children with Spencer sneered at Alaric's arrival. "What, did Hertha hire you as some sort of handsome distraction? How much is she paying you for this act?"

Confident in the gossip she had gathered over the years, the woman was certain of her accusations. She couldn't fathom any other truth. After all, her knack for sifting through rumors and uncovering 'facts' had never led her astray before.

In her mind, there was no question about the paternity of Hertha's children they were Spencer's.

As Alaric walked forward, he raised an eyebrow at the woman. "And who exactly are you? Why should I explain myself to someone like you?"

and scoffed, "What did you say? That I'm randomly assigning fathers to her children? No amount of

presumptuous of you. How could you possibly know more about my children than I do? Were you there when Hertha and I were together? You have no right to make such definitive statements about matters that are

by his boldness, the woman's confidence waned. It was true-matters of such a

Emmeline caught in the middle of this drama, her father decided it was time to leave. But Hertha stopped him. "Please,

you prove Spencer loves Emmeline and not you?" Emmeline's father asked

gossip yet playing a role in the wedding

and not me, isn't that proof enough?" Hertha

he's only settling for Emmeline because you rejected him?" Emmeline's father countered,