The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen)

"What's the plan then?" Ethan was stumped.

He had always thought his strategy was rather clever, but if Alaric said it wouldn't work, it must really be flawed.

Alaric flashed a mischievous smile, a scheme twinkling in his striking, fox-like eyes.

Ethan hurried over, eager to hear his master plan.

In the afternoon.

Lydia had been swamped at the clinic all day, either diagnosing patients or engrossed in research. She hadn't had a moment's rest and was now feeling every ache in her back and stiffness in her neck.

She massaged her sore muscles as she made her way back to her apartment.

Suddenly, she heard the sounds of a fight coming from an alleyway, accompanied by cries of pain.

Lydia quickened her pace

a man who

with a menacing look was punching and kicking the man

it's all about fair play, and I've always been fair," Ethan managed to say, even as he was pinned against the wall. Despite the beating, he stood by his principles. He believed in the survival of the fittest in business and insisted that he had followed the rules and didn't deserve this just because

You're just asking for it!" Another lanky man snarled at Ethan as he

to protect his face, trying to shield himself from

Ethan let out pained groans,

she was inclined to walk away. But the brutality of the attack made her reconsider; if she didn't intervene, Ethan

by a sense of compassion, she couldn't just stand by and

go!" Lydia stepped

turned their

just a woman, they weren't the

the burly men, wiping his mouth with the back of his

skinny man said, his eyes leeringzat Lydia as she approached. "Just strip off a piece of clothing, and we'll back off one by one until there's none of us left to