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

Chapter 1019:

“Ha-ha-ha!” Linda let out a jagged laugh. “I’m going to spend the rest of my life lying here like a useless log! Ha-ha…”

Her laughter sliced through the room, sharp and painful. Each sound felt like a knife, cutting straight into Eric’s chest.

“Tell me the doctor was mistaken, wasn’t he?” Linda’s voice trembled as she clutched Eric’s collar with a fierce grip. Her eyes blazed with a volatile mix of desperation and fury. “He is just a clueless fraud, isn’t he?”

Eric’s lips tightened into a thin line, his silence deafening.

Earlier that day, during Linda’s medical evaluation, the doctor had noted troubling signs—diminished sensation and sluggish reflexes in her lower body. His words still echoed in Linda’s mind, heavy and unyielding.

“Mr. Flynn, Miss Harris sustained damage to the muscles and nerves in her lower back from the car accident. I’m afraid her legs may never function as they once did.”

“What does that mean?” Linda had pressed, her voice barely a whisper.

“Paralysis.”

word shattered Linda, plunging her into

it ignited a

Speak, damn

response that never came. Her emotions spiraled, her red-rimmed eyes quivering with raw

broken—a shell of who I was! What’s

grip on Eric slackened, and she sagged toward the bed’s

Eric’s voice was

go! I said, let me go!” Linda cried, thrashing against Eric. Eric caught her just in time, but Linda’s distress

the nurse, his brow creased

for

away!” The

the nurse returned with

the

“Understood,” the nurse replied.

me go!” Linda’s cries grew frantic as Eric and the nurse struggled to keep her

into an uneasy hush. Linda’s eyelids fluttered shut, her body