Chapter 522

The man stood before the hearth in the living room. His gaze was fixed on the landscape painting hanging above it.

In rural America, it was customary for each household to hang a painting like that, a symbol of bellef, used in celebrations and festivities.

Typically, by 11 or 12 at night, most people in the village would have retired to bed, leaving only the sounds of chirping crickets and hooting owls.

Unexpectedly, Thalassa found her living room fully lit at that late hour.

The man standing in the center of the room had chestnut hair and donned a black and white tracksuit.

His attire was casual and youthful, but the figure he cut, staring at the painting, was desolate and melancholy.

The man was tall and slender, radiating an aura of cultured warmth.

It was Leopold!

Upon seeing him, Thalassa’s breath hitched.

all her

here he was in her

emotions swirled, and there

on a woman entering with

smile broke out on his melancholy face as he said,

when his eyes fell on the two other little girls Thalassa was holding.

chubby, and utterly adorable.

his smile froze as he asked, “Thalassa, these

are Thalassa’s quadruplets,” Evelyn interrupted before Thalassa could respond. Her

Leopold was shocked, and disbelief washed over him,

the children’s identity, but hearing it confirmed had knocked the

are you doing here

were laced with hostility and

Thalassa had first mentioned having a boyfriend, she had told Evelyn

slept

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