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

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.

sensible, perhaps he could have regarded her

Eric’s ringing phone interrupted

paused to

“Hello, Linda.”

name, Hadley discreetly stepped

in response to Linda’s words. He responded, “Stay put. I’ll be

the call, he looked at

off before she could

“Hey…“.

to him, but then halted, releasing a resigned sigh. She decided

effort.

really didn’t need his help to get home. He was better off attending to

he had instructed her to wait,

clearly worsened, now more volatile than

“Linda!”

way

with her assistant by

a faint smile,

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

twist. I might have had a bit too much to drink and missed the step coming out of

dismissed the concern with a

“That’s not true.”

scolding her, “Aren’t you going to tell Mr. Flynn the truth?

is!”

lifted the hem of Linda’s dress for Eric to

Flynn, please, take a look

noting the pronounced swelling with a

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to keep this

offered a weak smile. “I just

makes me worry

before inquiring,

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

“Understood.”

of his brow, Eric said, “We should head

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

“Right away, Mr. Flynn!”

lip, embarrassed. “I hate that I’m causing

are you

tone was tinged with irritation. “Looking after you

nodded slightly, her smile faint as she averted her

phone again. Twenty minutes had elapsed, and there

sign of Eric.

to herself, not surprised

had obviously left her

was typical Eric behavior, something Hadley had

phone away, she decided to start her

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

make it on foot.

would walk all

hospital with Linda, ensuring she

strained ligament in her ankle; thankfully, no bones were broken. A cast was fitted, and rest prescribed, with no need for an overnight

then escorted her back to

Ernest had never formalized their union, she had once carried his child, a pregnancy that tragically did not

wife,