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.”

silence fell again. Elissa sat rigidly, spine

arrived and the car slowed

for the ride!” she blurted, hastily pushing the door open. Before anyone could respond, she darted into

over the 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.

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

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“You’re running a fever.”

pressed his palm gently to her forehead on the

“I’ll get the doctor—”

fingers grasped his wrist, faint but firm. “Please, I

the doctor check you out. If it’s nothing serious, you might not even need medicine. But

another protest, he dialed his private physician and then called the housekeeper. Hadley needed

long before the doctor arrived. After