The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Chapter 1451

Alaric dragged a chair over to the side of her hospital bed, his piercing eyes soft with concern despite the scolding tone of his voice. “Seriously, what’s with you? It was bad enough when you were tailgating me, and now you’re doing it to someone else, nearly getting yourself killed. Not everyone’s going to cut you slack like I do, you know.”

While taking care of the hospital bills, Alaric had called the traffic police to check on the details of Hertha’s accident. They confirmed she rear-ended someone else, which led to her own injuries.

The news that Hertha had rear-ended another car both irritated and amused him.

It irritated him because, really, couldn’t Hertha take better care of herself?

It amused him because she was still the same old scatterbrained Hertha, always lost in thought and clumsy, especially behind the wheel.

the line for

she couldn’t hear him, his worry made him reveal more

listening; it was just

at the very moment he voiced his concerns,

pressing herself against the wall outside the room to stay out of

felt as though it were being pierced, a wave of anger and resentment flooding

breathing was uneven, her eyes filled with rage and hurt,

implied that if Hertha died, he’d be lost without her! How deeply must Alaric care for Hertha to confess such

as easily as clothes, never really falling for anyone. So, none of his flings could be jealous of another;

notorious playboy, apparently having fallen for a woman, confessing such profound emotions while she lay unresponsive.