"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?

was sitting by the window, holding her child, it

is something she doubted she'd

long since evolved from love to

at Leossa Electronics was entirely Leopold's fault. Yet, you took all the blame upon yourself to protect his reputation. You've kept silent all these years. Does it not weigh on you?" Thalassa found herself staring into Lysander's eyes, her voice taking on a sorrowful

this matter since the truth came to

cleared up any misunderstandings face-to-face, and

Leopold today, he might never have addressed

on her, not surprised by her words,

don't feel wronged," he finally

blaming him for what happennes Leopold, and they had their

she learn the

you?" Lysander

shook her head, "No one told

day at the hospital, I overheard Amelia

"Which day?" Lysander insisted.

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