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

Chapter 1390:

“And that oath still stands,” Eric said, his voice low but firm. “It’s not going anywhere.”

Without Ernest, he would’ve remained a shattered mess—just another forgotten runaway buried in the slums, trying to outrun a family that had never wanted him.

Ernest’s steady hand, his unwavering support, became the anchor in Eric’s life. His guidance had given Eric the strength to rise again, to return with purpose, and to take his rightful place at the Scott Group.

Ernest wasn’t just his brother—he had been a father figure, a protector, the one who pulled him from the wreckage and showed him how to live again.

It was a debt so deep, Eric knew he’d never be able to repay it.

Their eyes met in a moment of quiet, unspoken understanding. Ernest’s gaze shimmered with emotion as he reached out and placed a steady hand on Eric’s shoulder.

“Thank you, Eric. Hadley is like a sister to me. From now on, I’ll do everything I can to make things right for her.”

voice clipped as he stood. His eyes were tinged with red, but he kept his composure. “I’ll take

“Okay.”

“Wait—”

a sharp clatter. Linda burst in, having seen Eric rise from his seat through the glass. Her

didn’t stop. He didn’t even

unraveling with every word. “I told you to wait! Stop right there! What did you two decide? How are you going to

didn’t look back, just threw the words over his shoulder and kept

that? You hate me, don’t you? But how dare you? What gives you the

and unforgiving, cutting deep into the guilt he already

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at the floor. “I’m nothing more than a lowlife. A bastard through and through. I’ll never forgive myself.

won’t forgive.” Linda recoiled, echoing the words as if testing their weight. Her gaze crystallized into something hard and unfamiliar. “What’s that supposed

exhaled slowly. “It means precisely

“Eric! Stop!”