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.

you like, Ernest or Eric? Don’t

then Eric, before she murmured,

with a soft

her, Eric. You know what’s

resolve. From that moment, the lines were etched—Linda

look tinged with pity. “But coming up short against your brother? That’s not

frustrated chuckle. “What’s there

into her meal without pause. “The wheel turns—your lucky streak’s hit earlier than you

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“I’ve laid it all out—how are you still missing

not,” she said with a nod. “You’re telling me Linda passed on you as kids before you could even

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

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

latest tactic for turning me down?” Eric looked at Hadley, caught between

if he

low chuckle. “Yeah, I’ve got some dormant sparks stirring up now, and I want my happy ending with you. So