The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 1208

Lysander’s grip was firm and strong, his palm exuding a warmth that signaled power and danger.

Thalassa dared not resist for fear of being torn apart.

When they returned to the room, Thalassa pulled away from his grasp and strode towards the bed. “I’m beat,” she said, feigning tiredness. “I want to sleep. Don’t you need a shower? Go freshen up.”

“Join me,” Lysander’s voice resonated with a low magnetic timbre.

Thalassa whirled around in shock, her eyes wide and frantic. “What… what did you just say?”

“Help me shower,” Lysander replied. “Took a hit to the leg, you know. Can’t risk getting it wet; might get infected. You’re all about tending to my wounds, aren’t you?”

She was at a loss for words. The excuse was bulletproof.

-After all, his leg was hurt while saving her. She couldn’t just abandon him.

forced a smile. “Fine, I’ll help you.”

the bathroom, she began to help him undress. Standing so close, her head barely reached his shoulder. At a decent height of five-foot-five,

the buttons of his shirt-one, two…

task at hand, she avoided his gaze. As his shirt fell open, his lean, well-defined muscles began to reveal themselves-the ruggedness of his

filled the

her mind void of wayward thoughts. But as she glimpsed the body beneath his clothes, her heart began

his shirt buttons, yet her peripheral vision kept catching glimpses of his taut skin and muscular lines, irresistibly drawing her eyes,

above with a deep interest, his gaze

from pale to flushed. As she undid the last button of his shirt, even her

she still blushed, still showed shyness.

Lysander felt a surge of satisfaction.

least it proved she couldn’t

letting Thalassa proceed with the

pants. She hesitated but, remembering how he had been injured in her defense, she mustered the courage and reached for his belt.

buckle, however, was sophisticated and she struggled to undo it.