The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 62

Im fine, just a bit under the weather, Astrid said with a grin plastered across her face as they returned

“Astrid, we’re back!” Elowen, lively as a bunny, hopped over to Astrid’s bedside. Her round face was lit up with a sweet smile.

“Elowen, you’re back. Let me take a look at you. Wow, you’re growing up to be quite the heartbreaker, Astrid said, her face filled with love as she gently caressed Elowen’s soft cheeks.

“Hi, Astrid,” Dorian chimed in, moving closer to greet Astrid.

“Astrid,” Atticus added.

“Hello, Astrid.” Sophia came forward to greet her too.

Astrid was grinning from ear to ear. Tve got loads of sweets. Let me fetch them for you.”

She got off the bed and pulled out a handful of beautifully wrapped candies from her cupboard, distributing them among the four children.

These candies were gifts from the villagers during festivals. She’d saved them for when the kids came around.

The kids were thrilled with the candies and started munching on them, their faces beaming with delight.

chorused in

face wrinkled with laughter “Ah,

scampered

turned into tears. Her heart ached so much that

own daughter was about their

still alive, her child would be as old as them now.

Thalassa quickly handed her a tissue. “Astrid, it’s all in the past. I believe Celia must have been reborn somewhere else by now, living

been many years now. What’s hard

her throat. She was a mother too, aware of the unbearable pain

could empathize with Astrid’s anguish and

Astrid wiped her tears and regained her composure. “Let’s pack up and head to

Thalassa nodded.

was buried in Hollowbrook’s public cemetery.

cross a narrow, dirt ridden country

along the path ahead like little bunnies, with the adults trailing behind them.

walked on her own.

arrived at