The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 382

Compared to the usual bustling atmosphere, filled with the comforting scent of freshly baked cookies and the excited chatter of children rushing to greet her, the house now seemed cold and eerily quiet.

Thalassa felt her heart sink, a subconscious worry and fear setting in.

Hadn’t Evelyn brought the children back home?

Why wasn’t anyone around?

After a moment of panic, she remembered. Elowen was on television, competing in the semi-finals of the gourmet competition.

Evelyn must still be out with the children, she reasoned.

A bit calmer, Thalassa quickly took her discharged cell phone to her room to charge.

Once the phone was plugged in, Thalassa noticed another oddity: The blankets in the room were neatly folded, just as she had left them. They were undisturbed.

Even the household items remained the same.

there would surely be signs

when

she looked around, the more unsettling it felt.

heart, which had finally calmed down, started

to charge, she couldn’t wait. She pressed the power button hard.

turned on

the charging, she dialed Evelyn’s number.

for a long

heart started racing as the ringing continued. She clenched the bedsheet tightly

finally

tried again. Again, no one answered.

still, she called Hertha.

two rings, the call

and excitement. “Thalassa, you finally showed up. I

her worry

had no time for small talk. She