The Billionaire’s Secret Quartet



At that moment, Alaric's gaze was fixed on her, and in an instant, their eyes met.

An invisible current seemed to spark between their gazes, igniting a palpable tension in the air.

Hertha's heart, once brimming with curiosity, now throbbed wildly with a scorching heat.

And Alaric, gazing into Hertha's big, luminous eyes, felt a strange flutter in his heart.

Most crucially, Hertha's hand rested in his pocket, its cool touch against his thigh through the thin fabric, stirring a response he was struggling to control.

Looking at Hertha before him, he felt intoxicated by her presence, his gaze slightly dazed, his mouth dry, his lips inching closer to hers. Frozen in place, Hertha stood there, forgetting to withdraw her hand from his pocket.

With wide eyes, she watched as Alaric's face drew closer, his handsome features illuminated, his soft stubble glinting in the sunlight. His breath, tinged with a familiar, mild mint scent, brushed against her face.

Hertha's heartbeat quickened, her breathing shallow, her body's reaction prompting her to close her eyes in anticipation of his kiss...

She felt the warmth of his lips, his breath hot upon hers, just a second away from a kiss...

"Beep beep!"

"Who's car is that, blocking the road? Move it!"

The impatient honking and cursing from the road snapped Hertha back to reality.

She opened her eyes to find Alaric's face inches away, his lips about to meet hers.

Quickly turning her head, she grabbed his phone and made a swift escape.

Alaric, left

see

runniha with his phone in hande

runni ssing the air, turned to

away like a rabbit, frantically

trying to unlock it.

to

SWI

Seeing her sly escape, a tender smile crept across Alaric's lips.

Hertha was determined to find out whom Alaric had been calling.

She tried unlocking his phone with a random guess, 123456, but no luck.

Surprised, she realized Alaric had seriously set a password.

Could it be his birthday?

About to try his birthdate, she paused, realizing she didn't know Alaric's birthday.

Embarrassingly, despite her longContentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

crush, she had focused solely on his

swno?

out learning much about

him.

Not even his birthday.

Deciding to try her own birthday, since any random guess was as good as the next, she quickly entered it, and to her astonishment, the phone unlocked!

Hertha was shocked. "Holy cow, it actually worked!"

Alaric's phone password was her birthday!

When had she ever mentioned her birthday to Alaric?