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

Chapter 11

Chapter 11 Hadley Rejects

Him

“Release me!”

As their skin made contact, Hadley experienced a startling zap, reminiscent of an electric shock, prompting her

to jerk her hand away from Eric.

“What?” Eric paused, looking at his hand in surprise. “Are you really pushing me away like this, Hadley

“…”

Turning her head aside, Hadley muttered, “I can manage on my own. I’ll just walk behind you.”

“What?”

With a raised eyebrow and a hint of sarcasm, Eric responded, “You’re avoiding my touch?”

He moved closer, his irritation evident.

“Do you think I’m eager to hold you? Had you not been lagging, I wouldn’t have needed to. Your overreaction is

really unnecessary.”

Hadley cast her eyes downward, her eyelashes casting shadows as she stayed quiet.

Eric scoffed and spun around. “Just keep up!”

“Alright.”

Hadley gave a nod, quietly breathing a sigh of relief. She might have been overreacting, but it was involuntary

As soon as his fingers grazed hers, a chill reminiscent of a serpent’s touch crept across her skin.

This sensation filled her with revulsion and unease.

Instinctively, she withdrew her hand.

Eric’s brisk pace soon created a gap between them, and his glance back at her carried a shadow of annoyance

“Could you possibly move any quicker?”

“Sure!”

Hadley hastened her steps to keep up with him.

Eric’s gaze narrowed as he pondered the recent interaction. Had Hadley really just rejected him?

He recalled a time when she scarcely could bear to be apart from him….

Her stint overseas appeared to have transformed her.

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Indeed, this was the change he had been hoping for.

Looking back, he realized sending her away was undoubtedly the correct choice.

this sensible, perhaps he could have regarded her as a sister, much as

Eric’s ringing phone interrupted

paused to answer

“Hello, Linda.”

name, Hadley discreetly stepped back,

Linda’s words. He

he

before she

“Hey…“.

halted, releasing

effort.

need his help to get home. He was better

he had instructed her to wait, she

worsened, now

“Linda!”

way quickly to the

with her assistant by now, but she was

greeted him with a faint smile, waving as

distance rapidly. “What’s the matter? Why is your

too much to drink and missed the step

dismissed the concern with a smile. “Really, it’s nothing

“That’s not true.”

cut in, scolding her, “Aren’t you going to tell Mr. Flynn the truth? Look at how

is!”

of Linda’s dress for Eric to

Flynn, please, take a look at

the pronounced swelling with a

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intend to keep

“I just didn’t want to cause you

only makes

before inquiring, “Are

at all!” her assistant interjected. “She attempted a few steps,

“Understood.”

concerned furrow of his brow, Eric said, “We should head to

arms and

“Right away, Mr. Flynn!”

rested against Eric, Linda bit her lip, embarrassed. “I hate that I’m causing you trouble

are you talking

tone was tinged with irritation. “Looking

nodded slightly, her smile faint as she averted her

glanced at her phone again. Twenty

sign of Eric.

to herself, not surprised in the

obviously

Eric behavior, something Hadley

she decided to start her

buses no longer ran, and a taxi was beyond her budget.

make it on foot.

would walk all the

hospital with Linda, ensuring she received proper medical

in her ankle; thankfully, no bones were broken. A cast was fitted, and rest prescribed,

then escorted her back to the expansive

union, she had once carried his child, a pregnancy that

family had long embraced her as Ernest’s wife, and she had resided

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