The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 344

Her finger hovered over the name Lysander, yet before she could press it, her phone buzzed with a call from Leopold.

Thalassa, her heart in her throat, had been about to call Lysander when the sudden vibration startled her.

She stared at Leopold’s name flashing Incessantly on her screen, hesitating for a few seconds.

Biting her lower lip and frowning slightly, she decided to answer the call just before it would have ended automatically.

Silence.

She held the phone to her ear without uttering a word because she didn’t know what to say to him.

On the other end, there was also silence for a few seconds.

Leopold seemed unprepared for her to answer. He had been ready for her to ignore the call after it rang for quite some time.

Yet suddenly, he realized the call had been picked up. The awkwardness and silence that ensued resembled the cold air in an ice cellar, suppressing his mood.

to compose himself, pressing down his heartache. The voice he projected was

you

his phone in one hand, the other clenched tightly around his pant leg, his heart hanging in his throat.

leaving the Everglade Hotel, he sat alone in his

that had happened since he met Thalassa.

about his deep love for Thalassa, acknowledging that he had wronged her five years ago. He admitted that he had been manipulated, but his heart belonged to Thalassa all along.

may have been tainted by others,

he felt impure, but also because he

He had declared to Lysander that he would win

time, Lysander had simply raised his glass in a toast, wishing

had wished him success. So why had things turned out this way?

Lysander about the woman he loved, he had never revealed her

knew of her existence but didn’t

Thalassa’s boyfriend was Lysander, Leopold thought

he only gave Thalassa a cold glance and

thought that Lysander simply