The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet novel Chapter 821

Lysander's hand tightened around her, pulling her into his chest. His voice was a deep, rasping murmur, "Stay still. If it goes off, it's on you."

Thalassa froze, afraid to move.

Lysander held her, doing nothing more than holding her a bit too tightly, so tightly that Thalassa was having trouble catching her breath. His chin rested on top of her head, his breath strong and hot, brushing past her scalp.

It was like the breath of a wild animal. It startled Thalassa into stillness and made her barely dare to breathe. She was afraid to provoke his inner beast, and afraid that the next moment she would be torn apart.

"I've told you that you don't need to be so tense all the time in the Royal Estates," Lysander's low, husky voice echoed in Thalassa's ears.

Thalassa's eyelashes fluttered; her voice was barely above a whisper, "I know. I just can't help it."

She didn't want to be tense, but given her situation and his intimidating presence, it was hard not to be.

Lysander's arms around her faltered slightly; he loosened his grip on her a bit, lowered his head to graze his pointy nose against her soft cheek, "Think of this place as your home, then you won't be so nervous."

Thalassa's face tingled where he had brushed it. She shrank her neck instinctively as she replied in a compliant tone, "I'll try."

Right now, she didn't dare to challenge him. The outcome of previous confrontations had taught her to back down and understand Lysander, who responded better to submission than defiance.

If she wanted to live comfortably, she had to go along with him.

He told her to consider the Royal Estates as her own home, but he had never provided her with the warmth of a home or the freedom to make her own decisions. At home, she could do whatever she wanted and whenever she wanted; she could even go on a trip whenever she felt like it.

But what about the Royal Estates?

What could she do there?

Could she do whatever she wanted without any constraints or considerations for others?

The answer was undoubtedly no.