The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 372

Unquestionably, this was the answer.

Thalassa maneuvered two chairs together to serve as her bed.

The chairs were of mahogany, devoid of any cushioning.

Sleeping on such a hard surface was frigid and uncomfortable.

But she had no choice. She couldn’t sleep on the floor.

Even though it was spring, the nights were still chilly.

Thalassa lay on the icy wooden surface without a blanket to cover herself.

She was so cold that goosebumps rose on her skin. Wave after wave of cold permeated her, chilling her to the bone.

Unable to sleep, she got up and rubbed her arms as she paced about, generating heat through friction to warm herself.

At first, this helped a bit, but as the night wore on, she grew colder, more tired, and hungrier.

With a grumbling stomach and her energy spent, she didn’t have the strength to continue.

She sat on the chair, leaning against the backrest. She remained still to conserve as much heat as possible.

She endured the night in this manner.

bathed everything in a cool and radiant

having spent the entire night freezing and starving, was

her eyes

brightness, and opened her eyes again.

took her a couple of tries to

Daybreak had arrived.

slept a

was low, and her mind

amidst the harsh cold and hunger, she

the dawn, she decided to get up. She opened the door of the cottage and stepped out.

to wrap her arms

been too dark to make out the

with the daylight, she could see

high, smooth wall. Climbing over the wall would require a ladder, and the wall was topped with sharp spikes.

to prevent anyone from climbing over it, either

by scaling the wall seemed impossible.

gaze, she saw the well-maintained garden with its orderly arrangement of

tulips in full bloom. Their vibrant colors and fragrant scent filled the air with the morning mist, creating a

indeed beautiful, as the butler, Fitch, had previously suggested she would find

had no inclination to appreciate the beauty around

to the back gate and pulled on it, but it

raised her hand

no one answered, but she persisted.