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

Chapter 1666:

The compulsion to flee had overwhelmed all else, driving her to abandon the hotel with such precipitous haste that she hadn’t even left a whispered explanation for Ernest.

The bitter irony that now twisted like a knife in her gut was that years later, Ernest would confess that during those same fateful hours when her world had imploded… he had unknowingly shared an intimate encounter with Elissa! The parallel violation of their trust and bodies had occurred simultaneously under the same roof, orchestrated by unseen hands!

The horrifying revelation yanked Linda’s thoughts back to the present moment with brutal force.

Linda leveled a penetrating gaze at Ernest, her voice wavering between accusation and desperate hope.

“That night, my violation—was I merely collateral damage in someone’s vendetta against you?”

expelled a heavy breath as his shoulders sagged with

ugly truth he had concealed for years now

blood vessels burst from emotion, her voice hollowed by the revelation. “Your business rivals who

a hesitant nod, as though the simple gesture might shatter what remained of her

with MK Capital’s executive board had been meticulously arranged—a potential partnership

of corporate espionage, deploying pharmaceuticals

represented a singular, unrepeatable opportunity to court MK Capital’s notoriously selective leadership. Ernest’s unexplained absence would inevitably convey disrespect, effectively transferring the lucrative opportunity directly into his

available

from the negotiating table had cost him the partnership,

faceless corporate saboteurs could never have anticipated was how their calculated scheme would spiral beyond their

had they been confronted with the collateral damage they’d inflicted, such ruthless operatives would have regarded human