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.

now on, she was going to allow herself

her eyes fell on the table where Kris and his

me.” She let out

What’s wrong?” Thalassa questioned, following Luisa’s gaze. She stiffened when her eyes suddenly

did he have to be here?” Luisa was annoyed as she turned to Thalassa. “We can leave if that’s what you want, Lassa.

off. “My

Luisa following her. She could feel Kris’s eyes on her

eyes focused and didn’t even

eyes on her, remembering how he’d come onto her at the office and how

as Thalassa was about to beckon a waiter over to order drinks for them, another waiter approached

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Chapter 49

table says he’ll take up the cost of every drink you order. So what

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

suit.” He nodded with his head at the

raised a brow. “Do you

she frowned slightly. The man looked a little familiar even from the distance, but the

that we don’t accept his offer. We pay for our own drinks,” she said to the waiter, who

apple ciders. While they waited, Luisa expectantly eyed the dance floor where some people were already dancing and grinding to the pop

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 have to deal with one of those

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