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.

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

and since Ernest adored her—and given Elissa’s friendship with Hadley—Nyla had warmed to her readily. But now,

Holland, do you know why Miss Schultz, the previous

off guard.

reach. Ernest may be unwed, but that

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

face paled, and her hands grew clammy. “I

“If you say so, I’ll trust you—but

faltered,

hosts

Ernest? Leaving aside the stature of the Flynn family, how could you, a married woman,

lurched, her posture stiffening as though struck. The accusation landed like

“Good heavens!”

chest, her voice trembling with indignation. “I’m speaking courteously now,