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.

driver to stop. They needed to get

Thalassa handed him a hundred dollars and told him to keep the

the

perfect cover. She led her children

places were often the

after leaving the taxi, they had not fled but

beneath the

heat and tender skin, were prime targets.

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

too. I’ve got big bumps all over,” Sophia pouted, clearly

little feet to shoo the mosquitoes away.

drew Elowen and Sophia close, rubbing their exposed skin to keep the mosquitoes away and to soothe their itchiness. She was both sympathetic and helpless, “Just ten

by mosquitoes, and

choice. She was terrified of

had given birth to his child in secret. If he caught them, not only

had inflicted

caught them, she didn’t dare think of