Chapter 475

The phone line crackled to life as she held her breath, “Hello?”

“Where are you?” Lysander’s voice was icy, low and commanding.

Thalassa glanced nervously at Leopold. She was holding her breath as she carefully replied, “At home.”

“I’m on my way.” Lysander’s rich baritone voice declared.

Before she could respond, he had ended the call.

Thalassa’s heart pounded with anxiety. A taxi happened to pass by, and she hastily flagged it down. Without an extra word with Leopold, she instructed the driver to

move.

She had to beat Lysander to her home, and to wear the necklace before he arrived:

Otherwise, Lysander would know she had lied.

Leopold watched the taxi retreat into the distance; his fists clenched and his eyes were filled with sorrow and longing.

He knew it was Lysander who had called her.

lied to hide the fact

much

I do to be with you? He thought.

fraught with worry and impatience. Finally, the taxi pulled up to her building.

and dashed towards

She sighed with relief, fumbled for her

door opened, a chilling, oppressive sensation

heart stop beating.

was dark; not a single light

to get the best of her. Lysander didn’t have her keys,

stepped into the apartment and flicked on

light illuminated the room, and a dark, imposing

heart stopped on seeing that picture.

head, his hawk-like eyes

the danger bore

pressing on her chest, a wave of panic washing over her.

her hands; the pendant was

heart pounded even faster on seeing such a scene.

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