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

Chapter 972:

With Linda, her being a girl sparked a guardian instinct—if she had asked for the moon, Eric would have scoured the earth to fetch it!

Ernest mirrored that devotion.

As they matured into the years when hearts start to stir, whispers took flight.

Talk of the Flynn brothers vying for the same girl blazed through the rumor mill.

That was when it hit Eric that a girl too entwined with two eligible guys fueled chatter.

Back then, his care for her was innocent, with no hidden motives. Still, that didn’t stop the gossip.

Eventually, it reached Nyla, and the family’s pillar wouldn’t abide the blemish.

Having buried her son and daughter-in-law, she guarded her grandsons fiercely. So, she summoned the trio.

me—who do you like, Ernest

and then Eric, before she murmured, timid,

said with a soft breath, turning

Eric. You know what’s

From that moment, the

nodded after the recounting, her look tinged with pity. “But coming up short against your brother?

out a dry, frustrated

digging into her meal without pause. “The wheel turns—your lucky

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wits’ end. “I’ve laid it all out—how are

telling me Linda passed on you as kids

it clear there was never anything romantic between us? Confess? I never even thought

for him. “You had a soft spot for her back then, but it got buried before you could even process it. With more than ten years tying you together, stirring up those dormant sparks would

down?” Eric looked at

rejected him so many times lately—or if he weren’t so drawn to her now—he might’ve already

and