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, choking

silent and crying, Lysander felt a tug at his heart, an aching wound.

after their intimate encounters-always with

and eyes deepened, he breathed heavily, staring

chill in the office slowly

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

spine stiffening, his fists clenching. He bit his

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

did she gradually

couch,

pain, she picked up her clothes

were gone; it was impossible to fasten.

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

best as she could, she leaned on the desk and chairs, making her way out of

Sinclair Group, she saw

opulent allure under the neon lights of the city night.

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