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

Chapter 1514:

“You—” The word strangled itself before completion, choked by overwhelming emotion. Becker’s rage approached apoplectic proportions, his eyes protruding alarmingly from their sockets.

“What process transformed you into this unrecognizable creature? Had I foreseen this metamorphosis, I would have prevented your departure with your mother at all costs!” His finger jabbed the air, pointing at Elissa with increasing vehemence, his voice climbing to dangerous decibels.

“Does shame hold no meaning for you? Has propriety abandoned your character entirely? Does this deplorable behavior reflect your mother’s influence?”

His accusation pierced her carefully constructed defenses.

Moisture welled instantly in Elissa’s eyes, betraying the wound his words had inflicted.

of shame? Bereft of social graces? Very well—if that represents your assessment, I shall

for half a decade, a familiar load she had learned to

development disappoint you, refrain from attributing responsibility solely to my mother! The general public may remain ignorant of certain truths, but you possess full awareness, do you not? While biology designated me your offspring, your participation

reverberating through the room. The force of the blow wrenched Elissa’s head sideways,

“Was the physical assault of your

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displeasure. “Cease this protective intervention! Are you cognizant of the extensive difficulties she has precipitated over the

not revolve entirely around Robin?” Weariness colored

a gesture of impatient dismissal. “Those events transpired in the distant past.

toward him, establishing