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.

heart was like

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

after their intimate encounters-always

staring at Thalassa for a few seconds before turning on his heel

departed, the wintry chill in the

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

of her crying, his spine stiffening, his

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

then did she gradually stop sobbing.

she got up from the couch, her

clothes

were gone; it was impossible to

stapler in Lysander’s office and

as she could, she leaned on the

of Sinclair Group, she saw a black Rolls-Royce parked

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

the car,