Chapter 29

A few minutes after Kris had left, while Thalassa was sitting on her bed taking deep breaths to calm her racing. heart, Luisa rushed into the room with a worried look on her face.

“Lassa, I just saw Kris being escorted out by the guard. What happened? What was he doing here?”

“He sneaked into the house to verify his suspicions,” Thalassa answered.

Luisa’s eyes widened. “So now he knows it’s you?” Thalassa nodded, and Luisa asked, “How did he react?”

Thalassa shrugged. “As expected, he was furious.”

Luisa’s eyes darkened. “Don’t tell me he tried to hurt you. Did he dare to touch you?”

“No, Luisa,” Thalassa clarified, but a wry smile stretched across her lips.

Yes, Kris hadn’t touched her or hurt her physically, but that hadn’t stopped him from doing everything he could to hurt her with his words. But the funny thing was that she had expected it.

“How do you feel now that he has found out?” Luisa asked.

“Nothing

It was true. After her confrontation with Kris, all she felt was numb. She hadn’t been planning to hide forever and had expected that conversation.

“So what did you two talk about?”

Thalassa contemplated telling Luisa about all of Kris’s insults, but there was no need to ruin her friend’s mood.

“He warned me that he wasn’t going to allow me to hurt his mom or anyone in his family.”

“Well, that was to be expected, no? It’s his mom. He isn’t going to allow any harm to come to her.”

matter how despicable

to do now that

let out a short, humorless chuckle. “Sometimes I feel like you don’t know me, Luisa If he thinks his warning is going to

to target only him, his mother, and Karen. Now

ago. Kris’s aunt, Cynthia, had always made it a point to humiliate Thalassa in front of guests and at events, saying she would never fit into high society. She would taunt Thalassa about how

Kris’s twin siblings, Susan and Tyler. They’d made it their mission every day to torment Thalassa’s life in

going

his family members

Chapter 29

walked toward him. “Where did you go? You didn’t tell anyone

arm and walked by himself toward the living room,

her in her office. I can’t believe it!

seconded. “You can’t let her get away with this. She needs to pay for disrespecting Mom. She needs to

that

still have a crush on that bitch after

his brother still had a crush on the masked woman. He wondered if Tyler would still feel the same way if he knew that the masked woman was none other than Thalassa.

wanted to talk to you about something, brother,” Tyler said. “I need you to

dollars every month. What

have some needs, right? Things I want to buy. I want

smile. While he busted his ass off at the office every day and was trying everything he could to save his mother’s fashion house, all his siblings did was party, flaunt their wealth, and go

fancy things, then perhaps you should start working,” he said coldly.

me the same allowance for the past five years. Don’t you think

right. It needs to change. And that’s why from next month, I’m

shot to his feet. “What? Are you serious? You can’t

Kris scoffed. “Watch

to ask him anything,” Susan said, sticking her tongue

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