The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 144

“So why didn’t you just tell me straight up instead of having Greta pretend to find it and give it to me?” Thalassa’s pretty eyes studied Isabella carefully.

Isabella was always sneaky, full of bad intentions.

Thalassa wasn’t about to trust her easily.

A flicker of confusion passed through Isabella’s eyes, but she quickly regained her composure, painting on a smile and saying, “I thought you might be too stubborn to accept it, so I came up with this Idea. Since you’ve paid Greta, the emerald pendant is yours now. Take it.”

With that, she turned and climbed the stairs, not wanting to engage with Thalassa any further.

She feared that the more she talked, the more likely she’d slip up.

Lysander actually built a mansion for Thalassa that was more luxurious than her own house!

Isabella was green with envy.

Her house used to be the most luxurious and noticeable in the village.

local rich gal, she always strutted around with her nose in the air, full of

and lavish

from heaven to hell in a snap.

was determined to make Thalassa fall from grace in Lysander’s eyes, to make her a liar. That way, Lysander would be furious and perhaps take back the mansion

a fake emerald pendant, had Greta pretend to find it and return it to Thalassa, so

saw the pendant, he’d know right away it

Lysander firmly believed that the woman he slept with that

was Celia’s cousin. It wasn’t unusual that she had seen Celia’s emerald pendant. But she made a fake one to trick Lysander, pretending to be the

Lysander people usually

could he

he cared about deeply and couldn’t stop thinking about. If he was deceived by Thalassa, he’d be livid, thinking Thalassa was a fraud, impersonating her cousin for money, claiming she was the woman

fake, he’d definitely think Thalassa was trying to trick him! He would hate Thalassa to the

child saw through the fake

Her plan fell flat.

that was okay, even though this plan failed, she had another

Watch your back, Thalassa!