The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 1270

So, while they waited for the sheets to be changed, was she seriously not even allowed to sit on the bed?

Thalassa was feeling a bit upset. Even if she couldn’t lounge on the mattress, perching on the nightstand would’ve been fine, right? Why on earth did she have to sit on his lap?

With her back against his sturdy chest, Thalassa could feel the heat emanating from his body. She tensed up, holding her breath as if that could make her invisible.

Her heart was pounding like a jackhammer, his large hands encircled her waist, and his hot breath cascaded down her neck, reminiscent of a predator panting over its prey desperate to devour her but restrained.

Thalassa’s heart was all over the place, a bundle of nerves.

As the seconds ticked by, the wait felt like an eternity.

She wished someone would come to her rescue, but it was just the two of them in the room. Her mom and Callum had been shooed away by him.

And since he was the one who sent them away, they wouldn’t return until he left.

her brain, trying to figure a way

locked around her, keeping her firmly in place.

an

was exhausting her mental strategies,

two housekeepers pushing a cleaning cart into the room.

they hastily said, “Oh, sorry to intrude. If now’s not a good

about

face was as red as a ripe tomato. She smacked Lysander’s hand and stammered, “Get up, will you? They’re here to change

on her sitting on his lap, and now they were caught in this awkward situation by

seen like this by others

again, muttering complaints

His suit was impeccably tailored, and he wore a wristwatch that

air of affluence that made it clear he was a big deal, not