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

Chapter 1370:

Hearing Addy’s frail voice, Elissa froze, her tears falling freely.

Then it hit her.

He was asking if she’d been okay.

After all these years, that was what he wanted to know first when he finally saw her again.

“Oh, Grandpa…” Her shoulders shook as tears spilled freely. She nodded hard, her voice breaking. “I’m pretty good.”

Relief eased across Addy’s face. The tension melted from his brow, and a tired smile lifted the corners of his mouth.

“Good…” he murmured, drifting deeper into the pillows, his hand still loosely curled around hers.

Then, with slow effort, his gaze shifted to the man standing quietly nearby.

narrowed slightly in

clouded by age?

Robin had never joined her on visits to her family’s home. Given her grandfather’s

glance at Ernest, ready to

a trembling hand toward Ernest, his voice soft yet

rush of surprise, tempered by a warm glow in his chest. He understood Addy’s error, mistaking him for Robin. And, truth be told, he didn’t mind playing

astonished gaze upon him, Ernest stepped forward, gently clasping Addy’s trembling hand. “It’s me,” he said warmly.

a subtle shift in meaning,

Elissa and I are

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Grasping both their hands, he joined them together, his voice a soft murmur. “Good…

down her cheeks as she felt the depth of her grandfather’s love and her own pang of regret. Sobbing, she whispered, “I’m sorry, Grandpa… I was

she had kept her distance,

her, her grandfather loved her deeply and would

to her knees