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

Chapter 531:

“Hurry up. This is a bus lane—we can’t exactly park here. Mr. Flynn is being nice. Do you want him to get a ticket?”

What kind of twisted logic was that? Yet for some reason, it worked. Muttering under her breath, Elissa climbed into the car.

As the vehicle pulled away, unease crept over her. Ernest sat beside her, silent and unreadable. Not a word spoken, yet his presence filled the space.

Elissa swallowed. Her fingers brushed her dry throat while a thin sheen of sweat formed on her back. What was she supposed to say?

“Where to?” Ernest’s voice cut through the tension, his gaze shifting toward her.

“Umm…” Elissa jolted. “R-Redmarsh.”

Ernest gave a curt nod. “Did you hear that?” he asked Quentin.

and clear,

“Good.”

fell again. Elissa sat rigidly, spine straight

they arrived and the car

for the ride!” she blurted, hastily pushing the door open.

where she lived. In a place like this? He took in the run-down

he scooped Hadley into his arms and carried her straight from the garage into the master bedroom. Carefully, he laid

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“You’re running a fever.”

her forehead on the way back.

“I’ll get the doctor—”

grasped his wrist, faint but firm. “Please, I don’t want

you out. If it’s nothing serious, you might not even need medicine. But if it is… I just can’t take

protest, he dialed his private physician and then called the housekeeper. Hadley needed rest, warmth, and proper nutrition, and Eric would make sure she got all

before the doctor arrived. After a thorough