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.

the driver to

had initially refused. But Thalassa handed him a

got out of the taxi, a

cover. She led her children

dangerous places were

taxi, they had not fled but had stayed right where they were.

beneath the grass, mosquitoes were swarming.

their higher body heat and tender skin, were prime targets.

constantly scratching. Her soft voice carried a whimper as she spoke, “Mommy, it’s so itchy. I

bumps all over,”

stomping their little feet to shoo

their exposed skin to keep the mosquitoes away 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

want her children to be bitten by mosquitoes, and she didn’t want to be on the run

had no choice. She was terrified of being found by

not only would the children suffer, but she would

inflicted on

didn’t dare