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.

state, Alaric tried not to take her harsh words

keep his emotions in check, and asked, “You keep accusing me of tattling-what’s that

was being particularly prickly towards him tonight,

there had to be a reason for her

“Have the guts to ask, do you? I simply wanted Thalassa to meet someone, and you go calling Lysander telling him she’s seeing another guy! Causing trouble between Thalassa and Lysander, just to make me miserable, to give me

who had called Alaric here. She’d summoned him

really hadn’t expected him to be such a snitch!

the anger Alaric had been suppressing was

tried desperately to keep his cool. “Yes, your quest for love is so noble, beyond reproach!” he said, his words dripping with sarcasm.

tipsy gaze fixed on him, searching for a definitive answer.

if I had a problem with you, I wouldn’t stoop to upsetting Lysander and Thalassa’s

expected to be

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