Chapter 40

Her plan was foolproof, and with Isabella playing the cover-up game, Lysander hadn’t had an inkling over the past five years.

Surprisingly, this dame Thalassa had the nerve to approach Lysander.

Recently, Lysander began to question if the woman from five years ago was indeed pushing up daisies

Faye was getting more and more jittery on the inside.

There were a few opportunities to give Thalassa the boot, but she missed the boat every time.

Caught up in her thoughts, Faye noticed Lysander looking her way Matching his intense gaze, she snapped out of it and quickly stowed away her admiration for him.

She strolled over, her voice soft. “Mr. Sinclair, if there’s nothing else, you can carry on. I’ll take care of the coffee cups.”

She moved over to the small table and started clearing out the used coffee cups.

Lysander shifted his gaze back to his papers, his voice low. “Leave the small stuff to the janitors. You can start your three-day leave now”

cup clean-up and turned to look at Lysander, her usual alpha female demeanor faded, her eyes pleading, “Mr. Sinclair, I’ve just sent

one-word reply, without looking

quietly continued cleaning the table, sneaking glances at Lysander.

demeanor was also

probably had something to do with his past military days.

of demeanor, he was in a league

said. “Mr.

placed the files on

murmured, “Zephyr will be there; you must make

when the office door was knocked, and a woman’s voice asked timidly, “Hello, I’m Hertha, the mother of those four kids. I’m here to

the woman stood at the entrance.

woman in a beige dress, a ponytail, a bit chubby, round eyes, about

of those

the office curiously, as if she were

who was engrossed in his papers,

thought Since she was here, he

in What are you standing at

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