Too Late, Mr. Billionaire: You Can't Afford Me by Thedora Birnir

Chapter 255:

“Marshall.” Eric’s expression hardened in an instant. He looked over at Barrie, who seemed also amused by the exchange, and his voice took on a stern edge. “I’m going to say this one last time—Linda is my sister-in-law, nothing more. I don’t want to hear another joke about her.”

There was a distinct change in his tone.

What was this all about?

They had often joked about this, yet Eric had never shown such irritation before.

Marshall and Barrie realized Eric was entirely serious. Pushing him further would surely make him snap.

“Understood.”

“Alright, noted.”

With a nod of approval, Eric’s features softened. “I’ll be leaving now.”

“Hold on, who’s the mystery person? Have you found someone special?”

introduce her to

share the

Eric dismissed them with a wave.

definitely seeing

didn’t want us

his beer tightly and took a deep,

browsing job listings on her phone when

let go from Galant, she was urgently in need of new

“Who is it?”

and moved to answer the

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her threshold. Eric walked in confidently, one hand carrying a bag and the other flinging his

reflexively. Why had he come

were his own, setting the bag on the multipurpose table where she dined, read,

bag. “Didn’t you go

clearly irritated but restrained herself from lashing out. She merely gave

buzzed quietly in the background, more for noise than