NovelFameChapter 1326:
“Why are you staring at me?” Linda scoffed, crossing her arms. “They wanted to leave. What do you expect me
to do—chase after them?” Her eyes shifted toward Eric. “Did something happen between you and Hadley?”
“No,” Eric answered, trying to keep his voice steady, though a trace of sadness lingered in his expression.
“No?” Linda's voice sharpened with disbelief. “Do you even know what she just said about you? She said you
were disgusting!”
Eric didn’t flinch. Instead, he gave a faint, bitter smile. “I did something that upset her. It was entirely my fault.”
Linda stared at him. “You're seriously still defending her?”
“Ernest.” Eric turned to Ernest. “They couldn't have gotten far. I'm going after them.”
“Okay.” Ernest gave a nod. “Go.”
“Alright.” Without another word, Eric slipped back into his car.
“Eric!” Linda called out, urgency in her tone. “Don’t go—"
“Linda.” Ernest's hand cdown gently on the armrest of her wheelchair, stopping her. His eyes locked onto
hers, calm but heavy with meaning. “Just let it go.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“What?” Linda’s voice trembled. “Let what go?”
“You know what,” Ernest said, his brows drawing together.
“I don’t!” Linda snapped through clenched teeth. “What is it you're actually trying to say? If you've got
something to say, just say it already.”
“Alright.” Ernest gave a firm nod, swallowing once before he spoke again. “Eric isn’t your second choice, Linda.
He’s not a backup plan or someone waiting in the wings. He has his own heart, and it already belongs to
someone else.”
The message couldn’t have been clearer.
“You...” Linda's words caught in her throat. Her face drained of color. “What backup? What are you even talking
about?”
Ernest let out a quiet sigh, barely audible, but his voice turned firm—stripped of patience.
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“Maybe I've misunderstood. Maybe your feelings for Eric are real. But you're not what he wants. Let him go,
Linda. Hasn't he endured enough already? He grew up surrounded by abuse and chaos. And even after he
becpart of the Flynn family, he kept putting everyone else first—me, you. He's nearly thirty now, Linda.
Don’t you think it’s the started living for himself?”
A sudden honk cut through the air.
A sleek black Bentley rolled to a stop along the curb, blocking the sidewalk where Hadley and Elissa were
walking.
“Hadley!”
Eric stepped out quickly, his eyes
locked on her. His expression held a
fragile mix of hope Solhesitation.
Epethigy he breathed seemed
measured, like he was afraid of
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“Hadley, please don't—"
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