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.”

single word shattered Linda, plunging her into a chasm of

ignited a

Speak,

as she waited for a response that never came. Her emotions

of who I was! What’s the point

she sagged toward the bed’s edge, as if surrendering to

was sharp with

Linda cried, thrashing against Eric. Eric caught her just in time, but Linda’s distress

Eric barked at the nurse, his brow creased with

for

The nurse scurried

the nurse returned

a sedative,” the doctor instructed

“Understood,” the nurse replied.

frantic as Eric and the nurse struggled to

sedative took effect, and slowly, the room fell into an uneasy hush. Linda’s eyelids fluttered shut, her body going