The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 622

Looking at Evelyn’s panic and tears, Thalassa felt a heart-wrenching helplessness.

Why would Evelyn think that talking to Grandma Sybil or Grandpa Zephyr could change Lysander’s decision not to marry her?

Thalassa swallowed, weakly saying to Evelyn, “Mom, do you think Lysander’s refusal to marry me is simply because he looks down on me?”

“What else could it be? It’s because you don’t have power or status or a good family background. That’s why the Sinclairs look down on you. I thought that if I could convince the elders of the Sinclair family, at least I could fight for your chance to marry Lysander. You are my daughter; how could I bear to see you being bullied like this?” Evelyn’s hand, gripping Thalassa’s, trembled slightly.

She didn’t want to see Thalassa spend her life alone and miserable. She had given birth to four children, all fathered by Lysander.

If Lysander didn’t marry her, no one else would.

Evelyn, who had been single all her life and struggled alone, knew all too well the bitterness of the situation.

She didn’t want her daughter to suffer the same fate.

in return, her eyes wet with understanding.

despair, she confessed, “Mom, I’ve always kept this from you, afraid you’d blame yourself. Lysander’s refusal to marry me isn’t because he looks down on me. It’s because Bruce is my father. You don’t know that Lysander’s parents died because of Bruce. He hates me to the bone. How could he possibly marry me?”

with Lysander’s grandparents for

that from Evelyn, afraid that she would blame herself

hadn’t expected this to happen.

Evelyn’s tear-filled eyes widened in

a second of stunned silence, she burst into tears, gripping Thalassa’s hand tightly, her voice filled with regret, “Thalassa,

the children is already the best outcome. I’m content. So, don’t do anything more for me. As long as you didn’t push Grandma Sybil or say anything to provoke her, I’ll find a way to

guilt. She held Evelyn’s

streaming down her face, “I

panicked, worried about being falsely accused.

tear-filled eyes were vacant. It was as if she had resigned herself

a police officer entered, announcing that visiting hours were over. Then

no choice but to