The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 422

Having finished, Thalassa began to rise, only to be abruptly stopped by Leopold, who grasped her hand fiercely.

His palm was slightly damp and feverishly warm.

Startled, Thalassa reflexively yanked her hand back, her voice a passionate outcry, “Leopold, I’ve made things clear. If you are under the impression that I saved you when I stopped the car that day, let me correct you now. It wasn’t about you. I did it because Isabella called for help. I would do the same for any stranger in danger, not just because it was you!”

Thalassa was desperate to make him understand. Her eyes, brimming with earnestness, bore into his.

She wanted him to let go.

Lysander had already made it clear.

Since that fateful night five years ago, things between them were no longer possible.

Leopold had been with Isabella, and she herself had lost her purity to Lysander.

From that moment on, she and Leopold were destined to be two parallel lines, never meant to intersect.

move

could fall in love with another woman, have a woman who would genuinely love him, marry the right woman,

chose to dwell on their past, it would only hurt

resolute, filled with

past might show through, giving Leopold

unyielding words, Leopold felt a sharp pain in his heart.

risked her own life to stop his car because she

loved him, he could overcome any obstacle, even if it meant

fear was that Thalassa truly had

loving him was his

the same for any stranger, not just because it was him, was like a punch to his gut, draining him of all hope.

Under the hotel’s

her necklace, the pendant

furrowed, “Who gave you

The diamonds surrounding the cloud-shaped pendant sparkled brilliantly,