A Second Chance With My Billionaire Love by Arny Gallucio

Chapter 4170

Elissa, always attentive, rustled up some fruits and a small plate of beef stew for Brantley, who devoured them with the voracious appetite of a growing lad.

With a playful grin, the maid quipped, “Boys this age can eat a horse and still ask for dessert.”

Brantley’s face flushed with embarrassment as he shot back, “No way!”

Elissa chimed in gently, “She’s just teasing, kiddo.”

Brantley felt a lump form in his throat, torn between tears and gratitude.

Though he felt embarrassed, a flicker of joy spurred him on, and he attacked his homework with newfound energy.

Elissa reviewed his work with a critical eye, her standards firmer than Raphael’s.

Suddenly, the shrill ring of her phone shattered the quietude of the moment.

Brantley breathed a sigh of relief, his gaze fixed on Elissa as she conversed with Raphael, his ears straining to catch every word…

A persistent feeling of doubt gnawed at Brantley’s confidence.

of tenderness, Elissa glanced at him before saying softly into the

And he’s eaten plenty.”

echoed from the other

carefully navigated the conversation, steering clear of any hint of

her

better than to miss that

glance at Elissa

hardly requiring any additional attention… But the underlying

harbored a constant

the quiet of the night, the maid roused Elissa

“Mrs.

Brantley’s having

keeps calling out

still clinging to her eyes, Elissa hastily

light, Brantley tossed and turned, caught in the grips of unseen

of sweat dotted his forehead as

her suspicions:

flurry of concern, the

Jones?”