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

Chapter 848:

But this time, Ernest said nothing. Not even his usual curt “Okay.”

Elissa pressed her lips together and stayed quiet. She couldn’t see him, but she could feel something was off. He was upset. She didn’t know why, but the weight of it filled the silence.

Had she troubled him too much?

She couldn’t deny it. She had indeed brought him more than a few problems.

Still, most of it hadn’t been her doing. Like today, she hadn’t asked for his help. She didn’t even know why he had shown up.

Ernest was indeed upset and he knew exactly why he was mad. And it wasn’t at her. He was mad at himself.

Since the last time Robin had taken Elissa away, Ernest had been thinking it over. Redmarsh was no longer a safe place for her. He’d been trying to find a way to move her somewhere else without looking suspicious.

come to

he had arrived a

almost gotten

nothing. The quiet stretched

sat with her hands clasped tightly in her lap. It felt like sitting on pins and needles. Finally, she found the courage to speak.

answer. Instead, he looked toward Quentin in the front

understand—Redmarsh isn’t safe for you anymore. Robin could come after you again at

had actually been deep in thought, trying to figure out how to convince

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quietly, her eyes wide open. She knew Quentin was right. But where

there for now. Living

ideal

that must be expensive. Elissa hesitated. “I don’t have much

her day-to-day expenses just fine, but a private sanatorium was a luxury far