Chapter 1184

Lysander lifted his head, gazes like deep pools of midnight gazing into hers.

Thalassa couldn’t hold his stare. Her eyes darted away in a futile evasion.

He shifted closer, pulling her into an embrace that was both unexpected and inescapable. Thalassa squirmed briefly.

Lysander’s arms were unyielding, his voice a low command, “Time for bed.”

At his words, Thalassa realized he had no ulterior motives and ceased her struggles, allowing him to hold her.

Her ear pressed against his chest, the steady thrum of his heartbeat echoed, causing her own to quicken with a mixture of alarm and something else at the memory of his earlier

question.

“Being pregnant on your own must’ve been tough,” Lysander’s voice was a husky whisper in the darkness.

Thalassa floundered, caught off guard by his sudden reference to her past pregnancy.

the experience once before, giving

months before they start

food and shelter, and a hospital ready to

been overseen by her mother’s vigilant care.

the journey would have been

her mother’s help, it wasn’t all that bad. And afterward, having her

fatigue of earning a living and the sting of gossip for being an unwed mother,

much unsaid, but Lysander could sense the bittersweet

his chin atop her head as he held her, drifting into sleep together.

11:44

Chapter 1184

Four days later.

urgency lacing her words over

the day off and be with me. I can’t handle this on my own.”

the matter? Why the panic?” Thalassa asked with

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