The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

"Wait here for a bit, alright? Let the last visitor leave before you go in," the officer instructed Thalassa, guiding her to sit on a bench outside the visitor's room.

Thalassa nodded, and the officer hurried off to attend to other duties.

She found herself sitting against the wall, pondering curiously. Susan had no known family left in the world. Who could possibly know she was locked up here, looking to have a word with her?

Driven by curiosity, Thalassa leaned closer to the wall, hoping to catch a snippet of the conversation from the other side.

Indeed, muffled voices seeped through, the wall's insulation leaving much to be desired.

"Callum, you've deceived me again!" Susan's voice, laden with anger, reverberated.

Callum? He came back to see Susan?

mention of that name, Thalassa felt a pang

you," Callum responded, his

arranged for me to model at the jewelry competition. You're the one who had me switch Thalassa's designs, assuring me the surveillance was wiped and all I had to do was accuse Thalassa of fraud on stage! But then you turned the tables on me, showing Thalassa's original work and playing the surveillance for

had kidnapped Thalassa but failed to kill her, it was Callum who had arranged for her to lay low abroad. Though life had been tough overseas, it was safe. Suddenly, Callum had someone bring her back, promising a return to her modeling career and a shot

in exile, constantly on the run and despised, Susan was fed up. But

to agree to return, only to find

of starting anew, she was now behind

hadn't come back, you'd have been deported right into Lysander's hands. Do you

with sarcasm. "Callum, after all this effort, isn't it just to show off to Thalassa, make her feel indebted to you, so you can swoop in and

is between us, and it's none of your