The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 977

How many lies had she spun in his presence?

She could have laid out the whole story of her kidnapping today, detail by detail, but instead, she dodged and weaved, piling lie upon lie. Such careful deceit-who was she shielding?

Besides Callum, who else mattered so much to her that she would weave such webs of lies to protect them?

Lysander’s icy, haughty words struck her like a curse, hammering against Thalassa’s eardrums, buzzing in her head, her heart skipping a

beat.

Tears suddenly welled up, silently spilling from the corners of her eyes.

She clenched her teeth tightly, stubbornly refusing to let out even a whimper.

All she wanted was to protect her mother. Fear of losing her mom meant she couldn’t risk even the slightest gamble.

And yet, Lysander subjected her to such suspicion, such punishment.

bitterness in her heart was like

a tug at his heart, an aching wound.

remembered how she looked after their intimate encounters-always

teeth, Lysander’s handsome face taut with muscles and eyes deepened, he breathed heavily, staring at Thalassa for a

departed, the wintry chill in the

longer be contained; her tears flowed unrestrained, her sobs breaking

stiffening, his fists clenching. He bit his

of emotion were opened, they were hard to close. Thalassa cried until her feelings of

did she

the couch, her

clothes from

it was impossible to

and used it to fasten her

she could, she leaned on the desk and chairs, making her way out of the office.

entrance of Sinclair Group, she saw a

with a mysterious, opulent allure under

a beat at the sight of the car, and she instinctively stopped