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

Chapter 1198:

The silence that followed hung heavily in the air.

To Elissa, those words sounded painfully familiar.

They’d been down this road before. Too many times. And each time, things only got worse—his cheating, the violence, the lies.

She let out a quiet sigh and gently pulled her hand free from his.

“What happened on our wedding night… it’s already done. You can’t rewrite it, Robin. And if you haven’t let it go after five years, then I don’t believe you ever will. Divorce is the only path left.” A dry laugh escaped her lips. “Honestly, we should’ve ended it back then. Maybe if we had, we wouldn’t have wasted all these years pretending we could make it work.”

“Elissa, I…”

She met his eyes, her voice calm but steady. “If we had let each other go back then, maybe today… we could still smile if we passed each other. We could nod politely, even talk like old friends. Instead, we’ve become strangers. Worse—” She paused, her expression tightening. “Enemies.”

Robin visibly shuddered at her words, his shoulders trembling as if her voice had struck something deep inside him.

enemies?” he asked, barely above

a soft,

didn’t just treat

woven into her bones, carved into her

shimmered, eyes slightly wet. “You treated me like I

words came out. He just stared

in her expression. “If I had known this was what you came to say, I

back her

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to grab her bag, refusing to meet his eyes, and turned to leave

reaching out instinctively.

in place, dazed and hollow, his hand pressed to his forehead as if trying to steady the

whispered,

evening, Elissa made her way to

okay today?” she asked