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?”

Ernest expelled a heavy breath as his shoulders sagged

ugly truth he had concealed for years now stood exposed between them, raw

as blood vessels burst from emotion, her voice hollowed

with a hesitant nod, as though the simple gesture might shatter what

fateful evening, a crucial meeting with MK Capital’s executive

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leadership. Ernest’s unexplained absence would

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Ernest’s conspicuous absence from the negotiating table

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such ruthless operatives would have regarded human suffering