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, Mr.

“Good.”

again. Elissa sat rigidly, spine straight as a board, feeling like a schoolgirl under watchful

the car

the door open. Before anyone could respond, she

surroundings. So… this was where she lived. In a place like this? He took in the run-down buildings and aging infrastructure before looking away.

scooped Hadley into his arms and carried her straight from the garage into the

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“You’re running a fever.”

her forehead on the way back. It was still burning

“I’ll get the doctor—”

his wrist, faint but firm. “Please, I don’t want to take any

doctor check you out. If it’s nothing serious, you might not even

the housekeeper. Hadley needed rest, warmth, and proper nutrition,

wasn’t long before the doctor arrived. After a