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.

all these years, only Hertha could make him feel this way. Just the thought of her was enough

by, with whom he never wanted a

Though they'd been together just once, she had lingered in his

mere memory of that night, its sweet intoxication, would swirl in his

of Hertha, the more his heart yearned for her, craving even a glimpse to soothe

from flower to flower, Alaric realized, this must be

he had fallen into the quagmire of love, unable

coupled with his roguishly

in

are you mocking me?" Hertha

aback, "How could I

spiked punch and locked us up together, leading to what happened. We never got married, so what` honeymoon are we talking about? Alaric, if