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

Chapter 852:

Ernest blinked, thrown off. “Why would you think that?”

“It must be true!” Locke sniffled, tears threatening to spill again. “Mommy never comes to see me!”

He turned over, his back now facing Ernest. He was pouting, clearly hurt.

Ernest opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out.

How could he make his son understand without breaking his heart?

Did Elissa love Locke? Ernest honestly didn’t know.

People always said a mother’s love was instinctive. But what Elissa had with Locke… was different. She hadn’t chosen to have him. And after he was born, she left him behind. Maybe, just maybe, she didn’t love him.

And that, Ernest thought bitterly, was on him.

He was Locke’s father as well as the root of Elissa’s worst nightmare.

Locke had

leaned down to tuck the covers

sleep, his voice soft and

heard it clearly. Locke definitely

into the sanatorium, Hadley came by to visit

approvingly and remarked, “It’s nice here. Peaceful, convenient… and

thanks to

a tangerine. The soft citrus scent filled the

???? ??????

“Hadley.”

“Yeah?”

contacted you

half of the tangerine to

it and quietly sighed to herself. She couldn’t tell if Eric’s silence

be back from Laventown

not sure. Maybe.”

stepped off the plane, sneezing into

promptly, offering a coat. “Don’t let a cold catch you