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.

out to watch

towards the two bodyguards guarding the door. When he was about to reach them, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, drew one out, and put it in

find a lighter, but

he turned back and asked one of the bodyguards,

a lighter from his pocket and handed it

but didn’t return the lighter. Instead, he took out a cigarette and offered it to the bodyguard, “Thanks, have one.”

It was a clear sign of not wanting to

was on a team-building trip with

impassive, completely ignoring him.

this. Alaric’s

these two bodyguards were too indifferent. He

wouldn’t want me to go home late and have my

broke, “You can go home

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

of a man wanting to cheat but also wanting to take care of his family.

other bodyguard, the one who hadn’t lent him the lighter,

despicable, he