The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

Chapter 2000

Alaric stood rooted to the spot, digesting Hertha's words before the penny dropped. He hurried after her, "Hertha, they're newlyweds, basking in their honeymoon bliss. Is it really right for me to intrude and expect thanks?"

"There's nothing wrong with it," Hertha said.

"Every moment of a honeymoon is precious, don't you know?" Alaric said.

"I wouldn't know; I've never had one," Hertha replied nonchalantly, not slowing her pace.

"How can you say you've never had one? Three years ago, we had our moment, and that night gave us two beautiful kids," Alaric whispered, edging closer to Hertha with a mischievous grin, his words laced with an intimacy only they could understand.

Just thinking about that night made Alaric's throat tighten and warmth spread through his abdomen.

could make him feel this way. Just the thought

passing by, with whom he never wanted

they'd been together just once, she had

memory of that night, its sweet intoxication, would swirl

heart yearned for her, craving even a glimpse to

to flower, Alaric

into the quagmire of love, unable to

with his roguishly charming demeanor,

recoiled, stopping in her tracks to turn and glare at Alaric, her

mocking me?" Hertha hissed, bristling

taken aback, "How could I

punch and locked us up together, leading to what happened. We never got married, so what` honeymoon are we talking about? Alaric, if this isn't