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.

immediately told the driver to stop. They

him a hundred dollars and told him to keep the

of the taxi, a bus

a perfect cover. She led her children and Evelyn, sneaking around the barrier and into

places were

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

the grass,

higher body heat and tender skin, were

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

itchy too. I’ve got big bumps all over,”

their little feet to shoo the mosquitoes away.

and Sophia close, rubbing their exposed skin to keep the mosquitoes away and to soothe their itchiness. She was both sympathetic

didn’t want her children to be bitten by mosquitoes, and

she had no choice. She was terrified of being found

caught them, not only would the

pain Lysander had inflicted on her that morning

them, she didn’t dare think of