The Billionaire's Secret Quartet

What's with Ruby, talking smack about Hertha?

The woman he adored like a precious gemstone, he wouldn't let anyone cast a shadow over her!

Hertha's designs were splendid. He went all out for Ethan's company, snapping up all of Hertha's designs. And the final products? He carried them in his pocket, always close to his heart!

And here was this woman, Ruby, daring to say that Hertha's three necklaces couldn't hold a candle to someone else's single piece!

Alaric, boiling with rage, grabbed Ruby by the throat, all his anger and hurt rushing to his head, making him tighten his grip.

"Hertha, a nobody? Go do your homework. She's way more famous than that so-called W!"

Alaric spat out angrily.

Ruby, already on her knees before Alaric, had no chance to fight back. Her face quickly turned the color of liver as she seemed to be in immense pain.

Ethan and Richard, sensing things getting out of hand, knew Alaric was seriously pissed.

Richard rushed to pull Alaric away, trying to calm him down, "Alaric, man, don't lose it. We can talk this out."

"Alaric, W is Thalassa. Remember her work you saw? Thalassa's been in the spotlight recently after a jewelry competition. Ruby's not

W was Thalassa. His expression softened slightly, but

a bit too much force, and at a bad angle. Ruby's head hit the corner of the coffee table,

quickly clutched her

seeing Ruby in

an instant, Mila gasped, covering her mouth,

was equally shocked,

at her hand now covered in blood, panicked

"Ruby!"

Chaos ensued.

Hertha had just finished tucking Julian and Helena in with a bedtime story, ready to take a showe and

her phone rang with

thinking it was a scam, responded irritably, "What do

el.ne's

on the other end spoke, "Is this Miss Hertha? One of your friends