The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 685

Thalassa’s fear instantly dissipated upon seeing him. Her tears fell uncontrollably.

Lysander turned around and turned his deep-set gaze toward her tear-streaked face; he reached out his arms to wrap around her waist, pulling her into his embrace. His low, magnetic voice resonated under the cold, dark sky, offering a comforting warmth, “You’re safe now.”

Thalassa rested her forehead on his chest; her hands clung onto his shirt, and her body was shivering uncontrollably, wetting his shirt with her tears.

The ordeal she had just undergone was terrifying. There was a thunderstorm and also a wild monkey attack. She thought her life was going to end there.

But then, Lysander came.

Lysander’s arm around her waist tightened as he sensed her shaky body; while his other hand gently stroked her back to give her comfort.

He remembered her fear of thunderstorms.

When she worked as a cleaner at the Sinclair Group, even the thunder reverberating through the rooms would scare her enough to jump into his arms.

in the wilderness with wild monkeys and

felt the warmth from his large

could spark a warmth on her chilled back even through the fabric. That warmed

a lifeline. She couldn’t calm down that quickly so she rested in

years, she had been out there, fighting on her own, earning for her family, and

she would hide away

support for her kids and Evelyn, so if she showed signs of weakness, it

on a cheerful and optimistic front when she was with her family no matter how hard and tough her

all the bitterness

she could lean on, a place where she

her fear, but also the grievances and exhaustion deep in

you’re safe.” Lysander’s

her softened

were nestled together, the lagging bodyguards and David arrived.

managed between gasps of breath. He only saw Lysander’s silhouette, not noticing