Chapter 1340
Lysander navigated the streets with a sense of grim determination, his car cutting through the city like a silent specter. The glove compartment held his birth certificate, a symbol of the commitment he had declared the night before. He had vowed to marry Thalassa, and today was the day for him to make good on that promise.
Marrying Thalassa had always been in Lysander’s plans, but life had thrown a wrench into the works. Leopold’s arrival had shattered any illusions by revealing the truth-that Thalassa’s heart belonged to another.
The specter of his father’s fate loomed over him; a man who had met a tragic end for marrying a woman in love with someone else. His grandfather had always warned him not to follow in his father’s footsteps, to stay lucid. He could indulge in the physical allure of Thalassa but should never take her seriously.
To marry her would be a dangerous move. It would transform him into a man like his father, desperate to win her love.
Hatred also brewed within Lysander for Bruce, the culprit of his parents’ downfall. Bruce had meddled in their marriage, deceived his mother and convinced her to elope with him-a man so vile that every fiber of Lysander’s being recoiled in disgust.
By extension, Lysander had once resented Thalassa, for she carried the blood of that despicable man. Whenever Lysander felt a softening towards her, the thought of her lineage would turn his heart to ice..
He hated his own inability to erase her from his life for good. Out of sight, out of mind would be the greatest kindness he could afford himself, but it was an impossible feat.
The mere thought of her vanishing from his life, of Thalassa laughing and living happily with another man, left him breathless with a suffocating sense of loss.
So, even though she was Bruce’s daughter, even though her heart sheltered Leopold, ever though her actions were reminiscent of her mother Belinda’s betrayal, he could not let go
of her.
He had punished her with extreme measures, brought her to the brink of despair, yet he could not let go.
Until the accident with the rigging equipment that nearly crushed him, Lysander thought Thalassa wanted him dead so she could be free.
The pain in his heart was sharper than his rage. It was then that he truly understood his father’s feelings. Loving a woman so deeply that the prospect of death at her hands was preferable to living without her.
Later, once his anger had cooled and he had investigated the scene with David, Lysander had found the truth. The person operating the rigging would have been unable to see him
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through the hole in the backdrop. It was just an accident. Thalassa had not intended to
harm him.
He had been about to clear the air with her when Susan arrived, clutching a folder-a dossier chronicling Bruce’s victims, including both his and Thalassa’s mothers.
But Thalassa was Bruce’s daughter!
In that moment, the pain of losing his parents and the hatred toward his enemy converged into a maelstrom of emotion. Through gritted teeth, Lysander told Thalassa that he would not spare anyone from Bruce’s lineage.
The trap he had been setting for Bruce was finally sprung, and he alerted the police. However, to convict Bruce of fraud, they needed a solid witness.
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