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!”

trying to go after her—but how could he possibly catch

him. With a sharp breath, he snatched up his phone and

“Quentin, it’s me.”

Srixby was coated in a thin veil

Heavy with gloom.

the golf course, neither Eric nor Hadley had any intention of stepping outside again. They had settled into a comfortable routine—after dinner, Hadley connected

Eric. He shifted closer, pressing warm, lingering kisses from the crown of her head

the rest on

skin, his voice

about tonight? It’s been

even react, the

a smile. “Guess that’s your

“That’s definitely for

from her warmth and

at this hour? And in

toward the door

“Linda? What—”

Her eyes were red and swollen, her face pale