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 her glass of juice

her glass, “Cheers, to life that kisses us with pain, and to us who sing back. We’re quite the pair

sipped her juice, while Hertha downed her

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

gesture, Thalassa saw Alaric with an outrageously dressed woman. His one arm wrapped around her slim waist, and the

swaying her hips seductively, responded to Alaric’s advances with a coy smile, and their eyes were filled with unspoken desire for each

Thalassa quickly reached to

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

know what Alaric was going to

took her hand away. She was feeling a mixture of melancholy and helplessness.

with a cold, self-mocking laughter bubbling up inside her. This was the man she had chosen, and her taste was

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