Chapter 49

“You’re going to make her yours?” Kris gritted out. “Thalassa is not an object to be owned. She makes her own choices.”

Clark stared at him. “Of course I know that. But don’t pretend you don’t know what I mean. I’m just planning to win her over.”

“Sure. Good luck,” Kris said sarcastically.

Clark leaned towards him. “Come on, why don’t you help me out? You had better luck than me the first time. So tell me, what do I do to win her over? What are her likes and dislikes? What makes her weak in the knees?”

Alden, who was taking a sip of his whiskey, nearly choked on his drink when he saw the murderous look in Kris’s eyes as he glared at Clark.

When Kris didn’t bother to respond after a few seconds, Clark shrugged. “Even if you don’t help me out, a way to make her mine myself.”

I’ll figure

“Dude, chill, no?” Alden said, not liking how possessive the man sounded. “You just saw her again after a couple of years, and you haven’t even talked to her.”

Clark sighed. “The truth is I never stopped thinking about her, but I stayed away because I thought she and Kris were happy together. Now that I know that’s not the case, I’m not going to waste any opportunity.”

As soon as Thalassa and Luisa entered, every eye that fell on them lingered, and they could feel it.

“They are staring, baby,” Luisa gushed excitedly.

It wasn’t that she was new to the attention of the male gaze, but during her relationship with Victor, every time a man stared at her, it would somehow always be her fault. He would belittle her, making her feel so horrible that she began to detest any kind of attention from men. She convinced herself that Victor’s ‘love and affection‘ were sufficient for her even when he continued to ignore her.

he wanted. From now on, she was

looking around when her eyes fell on the

be kidding me.” She

She stiffened

have to be here?” Luisa was annoyed as she turned to Thalassa. “We can

cut her off. “My life isn’t going to be ruled by

an unoccupied table with Luisa following her.

she kept her eyes focused

remembering how he’d come onto her at the office and how rude she’d

to beckon a waiter over to order drinks for them, another waiter approached their

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he’ll take up the cost of every drink

would Kris be offering to pay for her drinks? She finally relaxed when the

the grey suit.” He nodded with his head at the fourth man

brow. “Do you

familiar even from the distance, but the fact that he was sitting at Kris’s table was already

pay for our own drinks,” she said to the waiter, who smiled like he’d been expecting that reply before he turned and headed

While they waited, Luisa expectantly eyed the dance floor where some people were already

couldn’t wait to hop on the dance floor again after sucia long time of being prevented from doing so by “He’s walking towards our table,” she said, noticing the man who’d offered to pay for their drinks approaching. Thalassa let out a sigh, wondering whether she was going to

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