Chapter 1030


    “Thssa,e on, talk to me.” Evelyn chided, nudging Thssa’s arm. “You’ve been in your own


    world forever now.”


    Jolted back to reality, Thssa tried to suppress the pain that had nestled in her heart. It was


    spreading through her, coursing along her veins and lodging deep in her bones. Her fingertips felt like


    she’d held onto ice for too long swollen and throbbing with a burning sensation.


    She gently ced the tea kettle back on the table. “What else can I say?”


    “What are you nning to do, really?” Evelyn sighed. “Just keep hanging on with Lysander? Be


    just another one of his conquests? Youth is not something a woman. can afford to waste.”


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    Thssa’s gaze fell, hiding the bitterness and loss that filled her eyes.


    “We should just take the kids and run,” Evelyn suggested. “Better than losing everything in a bad


    bargain.”


    “Mom, have some water. I’ll go check if the kids are done with their baths.” Thssa said and stepped


    out of the room with a weight on her heart heavier than Evelyn could understand.


    She knew she couldn’t keep going like this. She wanted to leave too, but she was waiting for the right


    moment.


    “Mommy, I’m done washing up!”


    “Me too!”


    The small figures of Atticus and Dorian were wrapped in fluffy towels. They emerged from the


    bathroom with their hair damp and faces moisturized. They looked even more cherubic than ever.


    Seeing the innocent joy on their faces lifted some of the heaviness from Thssa’s heart. She


    managed a smile. “Alright, let’s get you dressed.”


    The servants apanied them into their room.


    Then, Elowen and Sophia appeared. Their wet hair clung to their chubby cheeks, looking utterly


    adorable.


    “Mommy, could you please dress me?” Elowen said, rubbing her face against Thssa’s leg, purring


    for affection like a kitten.


    Sophia approached too. She lifted her little face, and her eyes were full of the same wish.


    “Okay, let’s get to your room. Mommy will help you get dressed.” Thssa said softly. She took Elowen


    and Sophia by their small hands and led them away.


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    Once entering their room, the two little ones scrambled onto the bed and tossed their


    towels aside.


    Elowen’s round, plump little body was pink from the bath. She was cute with her delicate doll-like face.


    Sophia was slimmer but just as tender and lovable in her pink skin.


    Thssa fetched clothes from the wardrobe, and the two darlings lined up to be dressed.


    “Mommy, why isn’t Daddy home yet? Is he noting to sleep tonight?” Elowen asked while being


    dressed.


    Thssa, who had just begun to feel a semnce of normalcy, felt a pang in her heart again.


    She paused for a moment. Then, she continued dressing Elowen in a tiny T-shirt and helping her into


    pants.


    Elowen steadied herself against her mother, waiting for an answer with wide, expectant eyes.


    “Your daddy had a bit too much to drink tonight. He’s sleeping it off at a hotel.” Thssa answered.


    “So Daddy’s really noting home tonight?” Sophia asked, puzzled.


    Thssa lowered hershes and shook her head softly. “I don’t know, sweetie.”


    Moving to Sophia, she began dressing her in the matching pajamas, adorned with a pink bunny on the


    chest, just a size smaller than Elowen’s.


    Elowen needed arger size since she was a bit plumper.