The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 514

The night was as dark as ink. Underneath the elevated highway, beside a pond, insects chirped, and frogs croaked. The scent of fresh grass lingered in the air, blending with the night’s mist, touching their skin with a cold chill.

That chill seemed to seep into their hearts, stirring up fear.

Thalassa, with her four children and Evelyn, hid in a ditch beneath the highway.

In front of them, the pond shimmered in the moonlight, and its depth was concealed by the darkness, a sight that brought fear to their hearts.

Yes, fear.

She had noticed a line of black limousines in the traffic behind them, and it had filled her with dread.

At that moment, she decided to get out of the taxi.

Thankfully, it was nighttime. She and Evelyn managed to slip unnoticed from the taxi to the one up front.

Once the taxi had driven through the traffic lights, she realized that the driver would surely inform Lysander they had boarded his taxi.

If Lysander caught up with them, there would have been no escape.

told the driver to stop.

had initially refused. But Thalassa handed him a hundred dollars and told him to keep the

of the taxi, a bus

the bus, but it served as a perfect cover. She led her children and Evelyn, sneaking around the barrier and into the ditch beneath the highway.

places were often the

the taxi, they had

the pond, beneath the grass, mosquitoes

higher body heat and tender skin, were

constantly scratching. Her soft voice carried a whimper as she spoke, “Mommy, it’s so itchy. I don’t want to

I’ve got big bumps all over,” Sophia

were also stomping their little feet

and to soothe their itchiness. She was both sympathetic and helpless, “Just ten more minutes and we’ll leave, darlings. Can we hold on a bit longer?”

by mosquitoes, and she didn’t want to be on the run with them.

she had no choice. She was terrified of

secret. If he caught them, not only would the children suffer, but

pain Lysander had inflicted on her that morning was still fresh.

them, she didn’t