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

Chapter 723:

Ernest let out a sharp breath, incredulous. “Drop you off?”

His frustration was evident now. “So that man can find you again? Hurt you again?”

Elissa’s breath caught.

He had pieced it together without her saying a word?

“Elissa.” His voice was gentler this time, the edge gone. “I don’t do things halfway. If I’m helping you, I’m seeing it through. We’re going to the hospital.”

“But—” She faltered. The idea of him accompanying her, of being involved at all, felt… too much. She didn’t deserve such kindness, truly.

Almost as if sensing her unease, he added, “You don’t trust me? How about this? When we get there, I’ll call Hadley, and she will stay with you. You trust Hadley, don’t you?”

That left her with no room to argue.

finally sighed, sagging against the door in reluctant surrender. She couldn’t

“Elissa!”

already waiting in the emergency center,

but it did little to mask her

herself together. Questions burned on the tip of her tongue, but now wasn’t the

was getting Elissa

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you checked out.” Elissa nodded, allowing herself

surface-level contusions, but the swelling around her

her closely, his expression darkening. “You need to be careful with this injury. The impact was dangerously close to your eyeball…” He exhaled sharply before adding, “You could’ve lost your sight for

Elissa swallowed hard.

doctor, clearly accustomed to treating emergency cases, hesitated before asking, “Was it your partner who did this to

drained from Elissa’s

all the confirmation he needed. His

world. And even if you never meet one,