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.

what he wanted. From now on, she was going

looking around when her eyes fell on the table where

you’ve got to be kidding me.” She let out

Luisa’s gaze. She stiffened when her eyes suddenly

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

her off. “My life isn’t going to be

Luisa following her. She could feel Kris’s eyes

but she kept her eyes focused and didn’t even spare him

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

a waiter over to order drinks for

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Chapter 49

the gentleman at that table says he’ll take up the cost of

table the waiter pointed at Why would Kris be offering to pay for her

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

a brow. “Do you know him?”

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

him that we don’t accept his offer. We pay for our own drinks,” she said to the waiter, who smiled like he’d been expecting

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

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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