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

Chapter 1306:

As the door closed behind her, Locke reached up and tugged on Ernest’s sleeve. “Dad.” His lips were pressed into a pout, clearly displeased.

Ernest could already guess the reason for his mood and spoke gently. “It’s not that I didn’t want to drive her home. She said she preferred to take the subway.”

“You could’ve insisted more!” Locke said with a frown.

“Insisted?”

Ernest let out a small laugh. “You’ve really learned some big words lately, haven’t you? But you’ll learn this someday: not every woman responds to persistence. At least not Miss Holland.”

“Humph!” Locke crossed his arms, still not satisfied with the explanation. Then his eyes lit up mischievously. “Dad, I know who Miss Holland was talking to on the phone.”

Before Ernest could react, the boy turned and dashed back into the house.

Ernest’s eyes widened slightly, and he hurried after him. “What do you mean you know? Who was she talking to?”

“You didn’t take her home, so

his fault

took a moment to consider, then gave a slight nod. “Okay, since you said

his thoughts racing. Was she seeing someone new? Or had she reconciled with Robin? Locke grinned. “She

aware that Hadley had been away for work, and the only reason he knew this was because Eric

Eric were no longer living under the same

to spend time with Joy because Hadley

Ernest exhale quietly, a subtle

begins

palm up with

asked, raising

Holland’s number on

“Yes, I do.”

and you didn’t drive her home. Don’t you think

strong sense of consideration and a surprisingly