The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet (Thalassa and Elowen) novel Chapter 1981

"You..." His words almost had Hertha cursing him out loud. She shot him an irritated glance before swallowing her anger.

Forget it, she thought. She was driving, and it was her brand new car. The last thing she needed was another fender bender marring its perfection.

"Are you under some kind of misunderstanding about me? How could I possibly be the foolish one? You take the cake, falling over yourself to play the hero for others." Hertha couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat when she thought of Georgia using the threat of a child against Alaric.

Her child, however, was indeed Alaric's, but she would never use their child to manipulate Alaric.

Georgia, on the other hand, had stooped to hiring a child to manipulate Alaric. It was beyond ridiculous.

"Hertha, what are you implying? Could it be that Julian and Helena are yours and Spencer's?" Alaric's face darkened.

"You're not foolish, you're downright dumb!" Hertha was so furious she nearly choked.

Damn Alaric, she thought. Even after she had spelled it out for him, he still doubted her instead of Georgia!

This man was truly hopeless!

"Hey, Hertha, be honest with me, are they?" Alaric was trapped in a maze of his own thoughts, genuinely believing Hertha's comment about being happy for others was about her own children.

He asked, his anxiety evident.

Hertha couldn't even bother to entertain his questions, her hands gripping the steering wheel tightly. In the past, she would have vented her anger by speeding.