Chapter 350


    “What is it?” Seeing her pause, ric asked, breaking the silence that was beginning to stretch


    ufortably.


    Hertha’s round eyes, bright as a pair of marbles, rolled around twice, her words catching in her throat.


    She had been ready to admit the truth about the quadruplets, but the words died on her lips.


    She swallowed them back.


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    Despite her desperate need to rify that she was single, childless, and had never been with a man,


    she couldn’t bring herself to say it.


    Because if she did, it would mean betraying Thssa.


    ric was Lysander’s close friend. If ric learned that the quadruplets were Thssa’s children,


    Lysander would soon know too.


    And currently, the tension between Thssa and Lysander was not just about him disliking children or


    the Sinir family looking down on Thssa. It was a web of old grudges and resentments.


    Lysander now saw Thssa as an enemy, wishing nothing more than her downfall.


    If he found out about the children Thssa had birthed in secret, he would ruthlessly snatch them


    away, denying Thssa any right to see them.


    That, after all, would be the most painful punishment for Thssa.


    Thssa had lost everything. All she had left were her children.


    If she were to lose them too, what would be of her?


    Hertha was here to help Thssa, wasn’t she? She couldn’t just push Thssa into the fire before she


    even had a chance to save her.


    Despite her growing feelings for ric and her desperate urge to exin everything, she held her


    peace.


    “Why are you quiet?” Seeing Hertha’s troubled expression, ric prompted her, his brow furrowed.


    After a moment of stuttering, Hertha finally found her voice, “The quadruplets are my treasures. They


    are irreceable in my heart.”


    This was Thssa’s true thoughts and situation.


    Hertha was merely voicing Thssa’s feelings.


    As Thssa’s best friend, she could guess what Thssa was thinking.


    No one could ever rece her children in her heart.


    Hearing Hertha’s response, ric wasn’t surprised. A mocking smile yed at the corner of his lips,


    “Don’t worry, no one’s going to steal your children. You’ve done me a favor today. Name your price, and


    I’ll transfer it to you now.”


    He pulled out his phone, found Hertha’s ount, and prepared to make the transfer


    Seeing his decisive action, Hertha felt a sudden pang of anxiety and pain.


    She was single. She hadn’t ever been in a rtionship, and certainly hadn’t given birth.


    She wanted to experience a passionate romance with him. When he had kissed her earlier, her heart


    had raced, her body had tingled, and she recognized the feeling of intense attraction.


    Her affection for him deepened.


    But he had rejected her, thinking she was a mother of four. He was apparently uninterested in a woman


    with children.


    For Thssa’s sake, she had to endure the torment.


    As he started to enter the amount for the transfer, Hertha quickly grabbed his hand, “If you really


    believe I’ve helped you, you don’t need to pay me. Just do me another favor, and we’ll be even.”


    As she spoke, her gaze fell on his phone screen.


    It was the same conversation from when he had rear-ended her car and transferred her a thousand


    dors.


    She had asked him out for dinner, but he had declined.


    After that, there was nothing. No more conversation.


    The only other time he had initiated contact with her was for another transfer. This time it was to sever


    ties with her.


    Hertha felt a sharp sting in her heart, as if bitten by an ant. It was a small, lingering pain that seemed to


    never fade.