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.

he could move on and start

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

dwell on their past, it

tone was firm and resolute, filled with

might show through, giving Leopold

felt a sharp pain in

his car because she still cared for him, and she couldn’t

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

fear was that Thalassa truly had no feelings left for

loving him was his greatest torment.

it was him, was like a punch to his gut, draining him

evident. Under the hotel’s crystal chandelier,

focused on her necklace, the pendant studded with diamonds.

furrowed, “Who gave you this

down at the pendant. The diamonds surrounding the cloud-shaped pendant sparkled