The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 1101

“No, I wouldn’t dare be upset. I don’t even have the right to be autonomous, let alone get angry. If that’s all, I’m going to hang up now.”

“Hold on!” The commanding voice of Lysander boomed through the speaker just in time.

Thalassa gripped her phone tighter, knowing better than to just cut the call abruptly. Taking a deep breath to steady herself, she asked, “Is there something else?”

“Where are you? I’ll come get you,” Lysander demanded without room for debate.

“I’m at the Crawley Group, working late,” Thalassa blurted out, intending to mislead him before promptly ending the call.

Ever since the cloud pendant, which contained a hidden tracker and was given to her by Lysander, was melted down, he could no longer pinpoint her exact location.

Thalassa didn’t want Lysander to come for her she needed some space to think.

And why should every aspect of her life be controlled by him?

After hanging up, she hailed a cab and provided the driver with the address to Star Harbor Villa, eager to spend some time with her mother.

to lean on, to be coddled,

had a mother’s love – the love of someone

can indeed heal all wounds,

source of solace; without them, only the

as her mother was with her, she would always be her child, cherished and cared for. If she

her power to protect Evelyn from any distress or harm, ensuring that no damaging footage would ever

Harbor Villa. The lights inside

sitting motionless on the sofa, lost in thought

ached at the

why are you still up?” Thalassa called

snapped out of her reverie, turning to see her daughter with a sparkle returning to her eyes and a smile spreading across her face. “Thalassa, you’re back. I thought you

was discharged and wanted to get back to work, Evelyn didn’t object. She understood her daughter’s lack of security; without a job, there would be no income.

loss of income could feel

without her returning, Evelyn had assumed she’d gone to the Royal Estates. But here

said with a smile, settling beside her mother on the sofa. She wrapped an arm around Evelyn, resting her head in the crook of Evelyn’s arm, playing the part