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

Chapter 956:

As Ernest walked past them, he cast a quick glance in their direction and said in a barely audible voice, “We’ll talk later.”

Right now, Elissa came first. He had no time to explain anything to them.

Back at the villa, the caregiver was helping Elissa bathe in the bathroom. The doctor had already arrived and was waiting to treat her injuries.

In the living room, Eric and Linda sat across from each other in silence. Meanwhile, in another room, Ernest was speaking with Hadley.

“Hadley…” Ernest paused, weighing his words. “Elissa doesn’t know it’s me, and I’d like to keep it that way for now.”

Hadley frowned. “Why? What are you planning to do to her? She’s been through a terrible marriage. She’s already suffered enough! Don’t make it worse!”

Ernest’s brow twitched. “Make it worse? Do you think I’m toying with her?”

“Then what else?” Hadley pointed toward the door and lowered her voice. “Even before I married into the Flynn family, I already knew you and Linda were together!” It wasn’t a secret in Srixby. Ernest’s devotion to Linda was something most women in town had envied.

“Ernest, you can’t just—”

cut her off, shaking his head slightly. “Linda and

Hadley

just say? Ernest and Linda… had actually broken up? Even with him standing

they had always seemed unbreakable. The kind of couple

nodded.

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only reason he said this much to Hadley was because of

he’d go.

not playing games. You don’t have

sound of running water stopped in the bathroom. Ernest glanced toward the door. “Hadley, you should go. The doctor needs to

if she wanted to say more, but she ultimately just said,

stood and walked out, her mind

at Linda, who hadn’t said a word this whole time. He felt

him. “I’m kinda thirsty. I’m going to get something to drink.

Eric, rising to his

room before he could move. She opened the fridge and pulled out a bottle. “There’s iced tea. Is that