The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 1229

After that night, Hertha began to distance herself from him, even taking his mother’s money before leaving! Could it really be because she found him lacking?

Wasn’t she satisfied that night?

No, she’s a woman who’s just tasted the forbidden fruit. How could she know enough to be dissatisfied with him?

After her declaration, Hertha prepared to continue her drinking spree by picking up her glass.

Alaric watched her with blurry, drunken eyes. He reached out, snatched the glass from her

hand and slammed it down onto the table with a thud.

Hertha was like a cat with its tail stepped on. She instantly bristled, glaring at Alaric. “What the hell are you doing? You think you’re too good for us, don’t you?” she snapped.

Her emphasis on “us” was heavy, her eyes burning with anger and mockery to cover the sadness in them.

intoxicated state, Alaric tried not to take her harsh words

emotions in check, and asked, “You keep accusing me of

Hertha was being particularly prickly towards him tonight, as if she had an axe

there had to be a reason

and you go calling Lysander telling him she’s seeing another guy! Causing trouble between Thalassa and Lysander, just to make me miserable,

called Alaric here. She’d summoned him to

really hadn’t expected him to be

Hertha’s words, the anger Alaric had been suppressing was on the verge

tried desperately to keep his cool. “Yes, your quest for love

Hertha’s tipsy gaze fixed on him, searching for a

a problem with you, I wouldn’t stoop to upsetting Lysander and

to be thought

was the sort of man who would sabotage Lysander and Thalassa’s relationship just to