The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 1211

Thalassa felt her breath quiver as she pieced together the dominoes of cause and effect that led to this moment. It was a cocktail of humiliation and helplessness – humiliation on behalf of her mother and helplessness in the face of their stark reality.

Bruce, on the receiving end of a hung-up call from Thalassa, was livid. His temple veins bulged menacingly as he fought the urge to slam his phone to the ground.

Lucy caught his wrist just in time. “Easy there, tiger,” she said, her voice laced with worry. “We’re already broke. If you break that phone, we won’t even have the money to buy a new one.”

Her face was a canvas of sorrow, eyes still glistening with the remnants of tears. Tentatively, she probed, “So, did Thalassa agree to lend you the cash?”

“Fat chance!” Bruce spat out the words like venom.

Lucy flinched under his roar but persisted, her voice soft, “But she’s your daughter. How could she refuse to help in your time of need?”

Bruce’s despicable actions, nor the fact that he had

had threatened Thalassa over the phone and hadn’t heard a word of their conversation. It was only Bruce’s

glared at her with pure loathing. “What daughter? I never played the father role in her life, never provided for her. Why the

agree to help Susan get close to Lysander?” Lucy asked,

deal sent Bruce over the edge. His teeth clenched, his forehead veins more pronounced, he glared at Lucy as though

Did you lose my files?” Bruce demanded, his voice a

semblance of a marriage he and Lucy still had. He had been wary of Lucy controlling all their investments in the stock market, aware that she was the only one who could

facade of harmony for the sake of money, even hiding his affair with Evelyn

more facade to keep. Bruce was ready to burn the bridge with

by his menacing demeanor, Lucy stumbled backward, stammering, “I didn’t touch your phone or computer. I