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 draught of wormwood,

crying, Lysander felt a tug at his heart, an aching

how she looked after their intimate encounters-always with that

deepened, he breathed heavily, staring at Thalassa for a few seconds before turning on his heel and

Lysander departed, the wintry chill in the office slowly

pain and sense of injustice could no longer be contained; her tears flowed unrestrained,

of her crying, his spine stiffening, his fists clenching. He bit his

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

did she gradually stop

she got up from the couch, her

she picked up her clothes from the floor and

were gone; it was

office and used it

could, she leaned on the desk and chairs, making her

Group, she saw a black

allure under the neon lights of the

the car,