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.

could

the garage, Eric’s ringing phone interrupted

paused to

“Hello, Linda.”

the name, Hadley discreetly stepped back, allowing for

in response to Linda’s words. He

call, he looked

off before she could

“Hey…“.

to him, but then halted, releasing a resigned

effort.

she really didn’t need his help to get home. He was

her to wait, she

worsened, now more volatile than

“Linda!”

made his way quickly to the

her assistant by now,

greeted him with a faint smile, waving

the matter? Why

too much to drink and missed the

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

“That’s not true.”

you going to tell Mr.

is!”

lifted the hem of

please, take a look at

noting the pronounced swelling

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to keep this

weak smile. “I just

only makes

paused briefly before inquiring, “Are

a few steps,

“Understood.”

brow, Eric

in his arms and instructed her assistant, “Please, bring

“Right away, Mr. Flynn!”

against Eric, Linda bit her lip, embarrassed. “I

you

irritation. “Looking after you is my

slightly, her smile

phone again. Twenty minutes had elapsed, and there

sign of Eric.

not surprised in the

had obviously left her

typical Eric behavior, something Hadley had

to start

this late hour, buses no longer ran, and a taxi was beyond her budget. Nonetheless, she was determined

make it on foot.

would walk all the way

Eric was at the hospital with Linda, ensuring she received proper medical

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

to the expansive

she had once carried his

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

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