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

Chapter 1201:

“What? How could this happen?” Ernest’s expression hardened instantly, a deep frown creasing his forehead. “Wasn’t he supposed to be at school? What did the teacher say?”

Nyla’s voice shook, panic clear in every word. “The teacher realized Locke was missing during the afternoon headcount. Ernest, what do we do? Locke is still so young, and you know how those traffickers target little children…”

“Calm down, Grandma—I’ll go to the school right away!”

“Hurry!”

Inside the supermarket, Elissa busily arranged goods on the shelves while talking on the phone with Hadley.

“Could you explain my situation to your brother for me? He was so kind to offer me this job, and I feel bad about causing any inconvenience,” Elissa said.

“You don’t have anything to apologize for,” Hadley replied warmly. “It was just a part-time position, and you’ve given plenty of notice. Everything’s completely fine.”

Excitement brightened Hadley’s voice as she added, “I’m honestly thrilled you found a new opportunity so quickly!”

chuckled softly, unable to hide her delight. “I

a delivery arrived at the warehouse

to go—things are getting busy here,” Elissa said hurriedly. “Alright,

quickly attended to the delivery, organizing the goods efficiently and working

rustling caught her

She paused, listening carefully, but

just her

her task, only to hear the noise again moments later—this

hadn’t imagined

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her breath, Elissa slowly crept toward the source of the sound. It was

nearby shelf, and carefully

her

at all. Perched atop a box was a chubby little boy, holding a bag of chips bigger than his own

into a