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 on

genuinely love him, marry

he chose to dwell on their past, it would only hurt him.

firm and resolute, filled with frustration and a hint of panic.

might show through, giving Leopold false hope.

unyielding words, Leopold felt a sharp pain in his

to stop his car because she still cared for him, and she

that as long as Thalassa had feelings for him and loved him, he could overcome any obstacle, even if it meant betraying the world to be with her.

his worst fear was that Thalassa truly had no feelings left for

was his greatest

just because it

hand on the table, his pain evident. Under the hotel’s crystal chandelier, the diamonds around Thalassa’s neck shone brilliantly,

focused on her necklace, the pendant studded with

brow furrowed, “Who gave

the pendant. The diamonds surrounding the cloud-shaped pendant sparkled brilliantly, almost