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.

in her heart was like a draught of wormwood, choking

a tug

their intimate encounters-always with that

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

departed, the wintry chill in the

contained;

the sound of her crying, his spine stiffening, his fists clenching. He

floodgates of emotion were opened, they were hard to close. Thalassa cried until her feelings of oppression and pain had

did she gradually

couch, her legs wobbly, her back

up her clothes from the

were gone; it was impossible to

Lysander’s office and used it to fasten her clothes.

tidying herself up as best as she could, she leaned on

Group, she saw

with a mysterious, opulent allure under the neon lights of the

a beat at the sight of the car, and she instinctively stopped in her tracks.