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

Chapter 1322:

Kira lingered at the threshold, motioning subtly. “Miss Holland, could you step outside for a moment? There’s something we need to discuss.”

“Of course.” Elissa smiled, giving Locke’s head a playful pat. “Keep at your homework, alright? I’ll be back soon.”

“Okay.” Locke chirped, his pencil still scribbling.

Elissa joined Kira at the door, her curiosity piqued. “What is going on?”

Kira let out a soft sigh, leading the way. “Miss Holland, Mrs. Flynn is downstairs and wishes to speak with you. Come along.”

“Oh?” Elissa’s brow furrowed, questions swirling in her mind. Nyla, back from the hospital so suddenly? And she was asking for her? Though her heart brimmed with uncertainty, Elissa followed Kira downstairs.

“Mrs. Flynn.” Elissa greeted, standing with poised respect, her smile warm yet measured.

was piercing, studying Elissa’s face with an intensity that felt almost

since Ernest adored her—and given Elissa’s friendship with Hadley—Nyla had warmed to her

“Miss Holland, do you know why Miss Schultz, the previous

caught off guard.

each word deliberate. “Because she foolishly chased after something far beyond her reach. Ernest may be unwed, but that

weight of Nyla’s words sinking in. She wasn’t naive—she grasped the accusation veiled in that

her. Her face paled, and her hands grew clammy. “I assure you,

skepticism palpable. “If you say so, I’ll trust you—but I still think

faltered,

hosts

you set your sights on Ernest? Leaving aside the stature of the Flynn family, how could you, a married woman, have the gall to entertain

though struck. The accusation landed like

“Good heavens!”

to her chest, her voice trembling with indignation. “I’m