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.”

plunging

it ignited a

Speak,

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

I’m broken—a shell of who I was! What’s the point

on Eric slackened, and she sagged toward the

was sharp with

go! I said, let me go!” Linda cried, thrashing against Eric. Eric caught her just in time, but Linda’s distress lent her a wild strength, making her nearly impossible to

his brow creased with worry that Linda might harm

for

The nurse

the nurse returned with the doctor in

a sedative,” the

“Understood,” the nurse replied.

frantic as Eric and the nurse

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