Chapter 1518


    "I''ve had enough!" Rosalind fumed as she thought further. After saying it with her face set in a grim


    line, she stood up and stormed out.


    "Ms. Whitman, about the lunch..." Fitch took a step after her, clearly troubled.


    "Just eat it yourselves!" Rosalind tossed back over her shoulder and quickly made her exit from


    Royal Estates.


    Before this visit, she had been lost in a daydream where Lysander was dependent on her and


    couldn''t live without her.


    But a trip to Royal Estates today had brutally snapped her back to reality, making it painfully clear


    that others might chase after Lysander, but he would never need or miss anyone!


    What was she, Rosalind, in all this?


    ...


    Thssa returned to the lounge area, finding Hertha exining a design concept to ric. She took


    a seat next to ric, her finger tracing over a design on the document as she vividly shared her


    vision and ideas with him, "This ne, shaped like a star, was inspired by a night when I was


    walking home and looked up to see a sky full of stars. People always talk about wanting the stars


    and the moon. So I figured I could design a diamond star ne straight away. Maybe people will


    capture the stars and the moon if they wear it."


    ric, initially genuinely interested in the design talk, found his attention drifting closer to Hertha.


    Her lively and cheerful nature, the spark in her eyes as she spoke about her designs, her optimism


    and enthusiasm for the future, and the asional whiff of her perfume that titited his nose were


    all drawing him in. His gaze then became fixed on Hertha without himself realizing it.


    He noticed every little gesture and every expression of hers that pulled at his heartstrings.


    Memories of a night spent together three years ago began to resurface in his mind.


    ric, who had sworn off women for three years, felt a tightness in his throat, his eyes on Hertha


    turning intense and deep.


    Thssa walked in just to catch ric''s overtly smoldering look towards Hertha.


    To any smart onlooker, it was clear what that gaze meant.


    Didn''t ric think Hertha was married to Spencer? Why then was he looking at her with such


    unguarded intensity?


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    Just as Thssa was about to speak, Ethan motioned for her to keep quiet, signaling not to disturb


    ric and Hertha.


    Thssa opened her mouth, then closed it, choosing instead to sit back down in her original spot.


    Hertha, engrossed in her exnation, paused to wait for ric''s response.


    What she received wasn''t his voice but the heat of his masculine breath whispering against her ear


    and sending tingles down her ear skin. Her heart skipped a beat, and she turned sharply, their eyes


    locking and eyshes nearly brushing against each other’s. Their lips were just an inch apart as her


    breath whiffed to his nose,


    They were on the verge of a kiss.


    As her breath and scent enveloped him, ric''s throat tightened and his heart raced; he was


    tempted to pull her in for a fierce kiss.


    But the wide-eyed shock on her face and her terrified expression kept his impulse at bay.


    ric swallowed hard.


    Hearing the sound, Hertha, who had once been intimate with him, knew all too well what it meant.


    She gasped in shock and her heart pounded erratically. She quickly pulled back, her eyes wide with


    rm as she called out, "What...what are you doing?"