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 or Eric?

eyes darted to Ernest, and then

said with a soft breath, turning

her, Eric.

nodding with quiet resolve. From

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

out a dry, frustrated chuckle. “What’s

meal without pause. “The

ℛ𝑒𝓅 𝑃erfe𝓬𝓽 ⏺check gⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⏼𝒸𝗈m

sighed, at his wits’ end. “I’ve laid it all out—how are

said with a nod. “You’re telling me Linda passed on you as kids

“Is that really what I said? Didn’t I make it clear there was never anything romantic between us? Confess?

soft spot for her back then, but it got buried before you could even process it. With more

down?” Eric looked at Hadley, caught between amusement

she hadn’t rejected him so many times lately—or if he weren’t

I’ve got some dormant sparks stirring up now, and