The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 1390

Thalassa felt the unwelcoming hint in Zephyr’s gaze, as piercing as a hawk’s, and her heart sank, her eyes casting downward.

She knew Zephyr had no affection for her, that his heart harbored a profound resentment towards her.

Her presence now would surely have him cursing her a thousand times over in his mind.

Yet, even at the risk of igniting Zephyr’s wrath, Thalassa had to come. She couldn’t abandon Lysander.

“Zephyr, let me introduce you,” Joshua began, oblivious to Zephyr’s darkening countenance. “This is my newly acknowledged daughter, Thalassa. In time, I plan to give her my family name, make her a Whitman.”

Joshua’s timely intervention eased Thalassa’s discomfort. She quickly glanced at him, finding a gaze filled with the warmth of old friendship towards Zephyr.

The genial expression seemed to plead for peace, to be too kind to shatter.

by Zephyr. He had come out personally

would be a travesty to let an old friendship be spoiled over a mere woman.

back at Joshua, his face wore a polite smile

a tone that was both casual and pointed, “the world’s full of con artists these days.

Joshua’s introduction of Thalassa as his da

second

a master of deception who had ensnared both Leopold

was to have no

her way to Joshua now! She

glances towards Thalassa were

Zephyr’s comments, Thalassa’s hands clenched slightly. She could tell he was insinuating she was the fraud pretending to

I did come across a con artist recently. A woman claiming to be my daughter showed up with jade pearls.

at Joshua