The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

His warmth was always like a gentle spring breeze, caressing her heart and bringing her comfort and joy.

She thought she had found the man who loved her the most in the world. After all, if a man doesn't love you, why would he always put you first?

But now, a single comment from her father had awakened a dormant seed buried deep within her soul. That seed, if left unmentioned, was meant to slumber forever, never to sprout. Yet, once watered and nourished, it grew robustly, displacing all the warmth in her heart, leaving behind only the piercing pain of reality, a chilling disillusionment.

Sometimes, someone's kindness isn't born of love for you, but simply because they are inherently kind.

been a warm-hearted soul; she knew this from the start. His kindness misled her into mistaking it for love, rather

supposed to be the most important day of her life. If she walked away now, the rest of her life would be filled with what-ifs. But if she proceeded with the wedding, she'd be stepping into a marriage that might be founded on a mistake-a risk too great to bear lightly. Understanding the gravity of

by. "Emmeline, Spencer and I are just friends. The father of my child is someone else. You've known this

had been the barrier between him and Hertha. But now,

him and Hertha

seeing Alaric approach, eagerly supported his claim. Never had she been so relieved to see him. In the past, she barely tolerated Alaric, but now, he was her knight in