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

Chapter 1637:

“Try not to hold onto what’s already gone. Locke’s doing fine now, and after you recover, we’ll have time together—just the three of us.”

He used his hand to wipe her tears away. “No more tears, alright? Your eyes are all swollen.”

He couldn’t help but worry that all this crying would only make things worse for her frail health.

“I’ll try,” Elissa said, blinking hard and forcing the tears to stop.

“Just close your eyes now,” Ernest said softly. “You need rest.”

As he started to pull away, a sudden tug stopped him.

Her fingers clung to his wrist, her eyes wide and afraid. “Are you leaving?” Her voice quivered.

shifting inside him. “You’d rather

but the answer was clear in her

could I leave when you’re like this? I’ll stay tonight, so don’t

him. With her eyes

“Great.”

smile curved at the corners of Ernest’s mouth. She

promised, “I’m not leaving. I’ll be right back with an ice pack for your

that by morning, the swelling

hardly ate this evening.

her head slowly.

is a world

“Okay.” Ernest didn’t argue.

weighed so heavily, pushing her to eat would only upset

back holding an ice pack, which he set gently over