Chapter 1135

Watching her struggle with a mix of helplessness and heartache, Thalassa couldn’t help but ask, “If you still care so much, why pretend it doesn’t bother you?”

“What good does it do to care? It just gives him more power to hurt me more,” Hertha replied with a grim face. She stared at the retreating figure of Alaric in the distance, murmuring to herself.

Thalassa heard her and understood all too well.

Caring for a man who didn’t love you back only made you fall deeper and allow him hurt you, intentionally or not. And you’re left powerless, with nothing to do but guard your own heart.

Hertha was a testament to that, and Thalassa was the same.

Thalassa didn’t try to stop her from drinking anymore. Instead, she signaled the bartender and ordered another cocktail and a juice.

said, raising

pain, and to us who sing back. We’re quite the pair

lips curled into a half-smile as she sipped her juice, while

as if she’d seen a ghost. She nudged Thalassa’s wrist and pointed ahead, saying, “Look, he’s showing

His one arm wrapped around her slim waist, and the other playfully lifted her chin. He wore a roguish smile on his

coy smile, and

this, Thalassa quickly reached to cover Hertha’s

the obvious truth? I’m not your little kids. Do you think I

see to know what Alaric was going to

She was feeling a mixture of melancholy and helplessness. She couldn’t even change her own situation, let alone help Hertha change

was painful to watch, yet she stared openly, with a cold, self-mocking laughter bubbling up inside her.

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