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

Chapter 549:

“Calm down, Linda!”

The momentum sent Linda stumbling backward. The cup of steaming milk in her hand slipped, tilting violently.

“Linda!” Ernest’s breath caught. He had only meant to stop her—he hadn’t meant for this.

Panic shot through him as he wheeled forward, reaching out toward her. “Are you alright? Let me see—did your arm get burned?”

Linda sat there on the floor, her gaze unfocused, staring blankly at the spilled milk.

Then, a hollow laugh escaped her lips—soft, bitter, devoid of warmth.

“Ernest…” Her voice cracked. “How could you do this to me?”

She scrambled to her feet, clutching her burned arm. Without sparing him another glance, she turned and bolted out of the room.

“Linda!”

forward, trying to go after her—but how could

With a sharp breath, he snatched up his phone

“Quentin, it’s me.”

night, Srixby was coated in a thin

Heavy with gloom.

of stepping outside again. They had settled into a comfortable routine—after dinner, Hadley connected her phone to the TV, picking up where she

shifted closer, pressing warm, lingering kisses

the rest on

against her skin, his voice low

about tonight? It’s

could even react, the

smile. “Guess that’s your

lightly. “That’s definitely for

untangled himself from her warmth and got

it be at this hour? And

scowl, he strode toward the door and swung

“Linda? What—”

Linda rushed inside. Her eyes were red and swollen, her face pale