The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 353

She leaned in, her whisper tickling the shell of his ear, both teasing and enticing..

Alaric squirmed slightly, not quite used to the closeness, but he still listened to the end.

After they finished discussing, Hertha looked at him with a confident grin. “Well?”

Suddenly, Alaric curved his index finger and lightly flicked her forehead.

Caught off guard and flattered, Hertha instinctively raised her hand to cover her forehead. She looked at him with a blush and a racing heart, “What was that for?”

That gesture was both teasing and affectionate.

Wasn’t this a signature move shared between lovers?

Her heart, which had been down, was instantly thrown into chaos.

Alaric seemed oblivious to her turmoil, saying seriously, “What kind of scheme is this?”

Then he walked out into the hallway.

peered out to

the door. When he was about to reach them, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, drew

in his pocket again, trying to find a lighter, but didn’t find one.

lighter, he turned back and asked one of the bodyguards, “Buddy, can

from his pocket and handed it over.

return the lighter. Instead, he took out a cigarette

was a clear sign

at all embarrassed, “I snuck out while my wife was on a team-building trip with her company. I’m meeting someone, and my phone is dead. Can you check

impassive, completely

this. Alaric’s acting was

realized that these two bodyguards were too indifferent. He needed to play the

also have families. You wouldn’t want me to

bodyguards finally broke, “You can go

the girl waiting for me in the room? I can’t just leave, can I? We’re all men here, you can understand

portray the dilemma of a man wanting to cheat but also wanting to take care of

the one who hadn’t lent him the lighter, glared

he found Alaric’s actions despicable, he also understood