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.

her intoxicated state, Alaric tried not to take her harsh words

in check, and asked, “You

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

to be a reason for her

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,

was she who had called Alaric here. She’d summoned

to be such

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

teeth, exhaled deeply and tried desperately to keep his cool. “Yes, your quest for love is so noble, beyond reproach!” he said,

tipsy gaze fixed on him, searching for a definitive

at her. “Even if I had a problem with you, I wouldn’t stoop to upsetting Lysander and

he hadn’t expected to be thought

the sort of man who would sabotage Lysander and Thalassa’s relationship just to make Hertha feel guilty!