Chapter 56

In the car, Luisa and Thalassa had been driving in silence for some minutes before Thalassa asked, “So how are you feeling?”

Luisa briefly looked at her before focusing on the road. “Don’t worry, I’m fine. Victor didn’t hurt me.”

“I don’t mean physically,” Lassa said tentatively. “Luisa, I know just how much you loved Victor, so that’s why I’m wondering.”

“Love? Did I truly love him?” Luisa smiled bitterly. “I think I was just in love with the idea of him. Brandon treated me like a princess but then he hurt me so much, so when I met Victor and he seemed so cool, I thought it would be different. Maybe they’re not the problem. Maybe it’s me.”

“No, don’t blame yourself, Luisa,” Thalassa said and sighed. “By the way, what was Alden talking about when he said that he knows you don’t want him close to you?”

Luisa winced as she responded. “The last time he came with Kris to the company, he tried to strike up a conversation with me but I was rude to him.”

Remembering how she’d spoken with him, she felt so guilty now considering how he’d saved her from Victor.

“But why were you rude to him?”

Luisa grimaced. “Isn’t it obvious? He’s a friend of Kris’s.”

is not a bad person. He has always been nice to

one who’d treated her with respect and like she

Alden, then don’t stop yourself for my sake. I have nothing against him,” Thalassa assured her. Luisa’s face turned pink

like him. Besides, after having two messed–up relationships in a row, no interest in dating

moment of silence, she turned to Thalassa. “Enough about me. What’s up with you and Clark? The way you danced with him was… a little too suggestive, if I’m being honest. Do you like him?”

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because she feared the answer. Even though he’d never told her, she knew that her brother had feelings for Thalassa. If Thalassa noticed another man before him, it

her relief, Thalassa instantly shook her

about time you gave yourself another chance with another man? Someone who loves you and can truly make you happy.

exasperated look. “We’ve already had this discussion before, Luisa, and my answer remains the same.

up early to come and complete some reports she should’ve taken care of yesterday. At that time of the morning, only a few people

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her desk, she immediately went to work.

then, she saw her boss walking out of the elevator with a gloomy look on his face. Millie shrugged since this wasn’t the first time he’d come to work in a bad

when, without even bothering to look at her,

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