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

woman, have a woman who would genuinely love him,

their

firm and resolute, filled with frustration and a hint of

scared, scared that her past might show

a sharp pain in his heart.

to stop his car because she still

as Thalassa had feelings for him and loved him, he could overcome any obstacle, even

truly had no feelings left

him was his greatest

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

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

on her necklace, the pendant

gave you this necklace?”

down at the pendant. The diamonds surrounding the