The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

The presence of one person had driven a wedge between mother and daughter, a thorn in their hearts that hurt with every touch.

Rosalind and Matilda, along with the doctors and nurses, wheeled Joshua into a hospital room. His injuries weren't severe, so he was placed in a regular room instead of the ICU. Matilda asked the doctor, "What can he eat when he wakes up?"

"Some light, easily digestible food," the doctor replied.

"Okay, thank you," Matilda said with evident tension.

"No problem, call us if you need anything."

Thalassa made her way to the hospital lobby when a pregnant woman holding a medical report stopped her in her tracks.

Thalassa tried to sidestep her, but a glimpse of the woman's face brought a surprising sense of familiarity that made her do a double-take.

The woman was beautiful, dressed in elegant maternity wear, her belly prominently displayed, indicating late pregnancy.

Thalassa gasped, "Su, Amelia..."

this was Amelia! Leopold's mother! And she was

ago, Amelia was forty-five, which made her forty-eight

curled into a wry smile, her eyes still carrying a deep-seated hatred. "Don't call me Aunt, you're

felt her heart sink. Amelia still harbored hatred for her, evident in her

bad luck. I hope my baby learns to recognize

took her a year to recover from Leopold's death,

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high-risk pregnancy, she had to

to hurt her and to protect her unborn child from Thalassa's

at motherhood

stood frozen, watching Amelia walk away, her heart heavy as if weighed down

acted foolishly in his attempt to

death, a source of perpetual guilt