"What's on your mind?" A deep, magnetic voice suddenly broke the silence beside her.

Thalassa snapped back to reality, meeting Lysander's gaze. Quickly pushing aside her swirling thoughts, she managed a smile and said, "Nothing much."

"Were you thinking about Leopold?" Lysander asked out of the blue.

Thalassa was taken aback, hurriedly replying, "No, not at all..."

Lysander's expression darkened, and Thalassa, worried he might misunderstand, quickly added, "I was just wondering why Alaric's mother ended up in the orphanage."

She wasn't lying; that was exactly what she had been thinking about.

She couldn't fathom why Lysander would bring up Leopold out of nowhere.

His name hadn't come up between them in ages.

Especially today, when nothing they did had anything to do with Leopold.

"Really? I thought that scene earlier might have reminded you of him," Lysander remarked.

That scene?

Susan was sitting by the window, holding her child, it did stir painful memories

Leopold's passing is something she doubted she'd

towards Leopold had long since evolved from love

protect his reputation. You've kept silent all these

this matter

face-to-face, and

he not brought up Leopold today, he might

by her words, but the

feel wronged,"

blaming him for what happennes Leopold, and

she learn the

told you?" Lysander

"No one told me, I

the hospital, I overheard Amelia

"Which day?" Lysander insisted.

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