The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

Three years ago, she had this nagging feeling that Leopold's death was fishy, but couldn't pin down why. No one ever spoke up about it, and now, with Callum's words, her heart clenched, and her body tensed up.

Callum's hands were firmly on the steering wheel, talking about it as if it were just another day, but the slight tension in his voice betrayed his unresolved feelings.

"He called me the night before he died. He wanted to use his death to create a scandal, to pressure Lysander into giving up his CEO position at the Sinclair Group. Without Lysander in power, he couldn't control you anymore, and you'd be free. He was so naive; what's one life against absolute power? Even in death, he couldn't shake Lysander's hold."

Callum couldn't forget that night, the despair in Leopold's voice when he had called.

A young man, gone in the blink of an eye.

Thalassa's breathing stopped, tears falling, her heart trembling with pain. "So, it was me. I was the cause of his death."

She had always thought Leopold died from the stress of the accident, cornered by Lysander.

clarify that the accident was caused by the Sinclair Group's subsidiary, Leossa Electronics, due to manufacturing defects, and not Leopold, shifting all blame to Leossa Electronics would have

lay with Leossa Electronics. It was only then that she realized Leopold couldn't withstand the public pressure and the outrage

death was his own scheme, using his life to create a scandal in

wasn't worth his sacrifice. And how did he not see that even in death, he wouldn't be able to shake Lysander's foundation? Even three years later,

are strangers, it fulfills

in her grief to absorb his

YOUR

the back of the sleek limousine, Rosalind noticed the tension radiating from Lysander,

area of expertise, dealing with thugs wasn't her forte. That moment surely made Lysander think less

for Thalassa, I would've had a hard time. She really knows how to handle bullies. Perhaps she was eager to rush home with Callum,

reaction, noting his