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.

only Hertha could make him feel this way.

were fleeting affairs, strangers passing by, with whom he never wanted a second encounter, let alone

they'd been together just once, she had lingered in his heart, impossible to

its sweet intoxication,

he thought of Hertha, the more his heart yearned

years of flitting from flower to flower, Alaric

had fallen into the quagmire of

words, coupled with his roguishly charming

made her skin tingle, and she instinctively recoiled, stopping in her tracks to

me?" Hertha hissed,

was taken aback, "How could I be mocking you? I

us up together, leading to what happened. We never