The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 1334

Lysander’s voice was hoarse, low, “No need.”

Thalassa didn’t want him at Evelyn’s funeral. His presence would only push her further away.

Besides, it was the townsfolk attending Evelyn’s funeral now. In such moments of raw emotion, people cried openly and shared their grief without pretense.

If he showed up, the air would stiffen, and the natural flow of mourning would be disrupted by his presence.

His arrival would turn a heartfelt goodbye into a stifled affair, where the focus might shift to reverence and status-seeking towards him.

Lysander’s decline of David’s suggestion hung in the air as they watched the funeral from a distance silently.

His eyes lingered on Thalassa, who stood by the graveside. Her face, framed by the traditional white mourning attire of the West, appeared even more fragile and paler.

recovery from miscarriage, yet she

heart ached with a hidden pain. He wished he could to go to her, to wrap her in his arms and give her strength, and to be her steadfast

cause her more pain, more rejection and more turmoil.

chose to

allowed to attend Leopold’s funeral-watching from a distance when the man she loved was buried, denied even the right to bid him one last farewell.

then, she must have been in

like he

hide

understood all her

indeed

made their way back

eyes were misting, and he instructed David, “Let’s