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

Chapter 813:

This sleek machine belonged to Ernest.

Eric guided Hadley a few steps closer, and the car door swung open with quiet grace. There sat Ernest, poised and unruffled.

“Ernest,” Eric greeted.

“Hello,” Ernest replied with a nod, his eyes flickering toward Hadley. His voice softened like a breeze. “Hadley, might I steal Eric away for a moment? I’ve got a few words to share with him.”

“Of course,” Hadley replied, her eyes crinkling with a warm smile. Eric let her go with a tender pat on her hair. “Hop in my car and wait for me there—it’s chilly out here.”

“Okay.” With a playful twirl, Hadley made her way to the Bentley—Eric’s vehicle—leaving Eric to slip into Ernest’s ride.

Inside the car, the air hung thick with unspoken tension.

“The one who came after you today…” Ernest began, his voice steady as he unraveled the threads of a mystery. “They’re tied to the Scott family.”

disbelief washing over him. “How on earth could it be

brothers locked eyes, their minds racing

to their shared suspicion. “It seems

temples, exasperation creeping in

pegged the attack as the work of a Flynn family foe—never once

they’ve figured out?” Eric

“For now, it looks like they’re fishing in the dark—suspicious, but

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out a bitter chuckle. “Suspicion alone justifies

come to buy him! If not for Xander’s quick thinking and the combat skills

as a cucumber. “The Scott family’s offspring, ever since Ferris took the reins, have been

realization flickered across Eric’s face,

a reassuring hand

have a clue yet. If he did, given the