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.

he could have regarded her as a sister,

Eric’s ringing

to answer

“Hello, Linda.”

name, Hadley discreetly stepped

words. He responded,

the call, he looked

off before she could

“Hey…“.

him, but then halted,

effort.

tell him that she really didn’t need his

he had instructed her to wait, she

had clearly worsened, now more volatile

“Linda!”

way quickly

Linda would have departed with her assistant by now,

faint smile, waving

rapidly. “What’s the

had a bit too much to drink and missed the step coming out

the concern with a smile.

“That’s not true.”

going to tell Mr.

is!”

hem of Linda’s dress

please, take

pronounced swelling with a grimace

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intend to keep this

weak smile. “I just didn’t want to

only makes me

briefly before inquiring, “Are you

a few steps, but it

“Understood.”

his brow, Eric said, “We should head to

gently lifted Linda in his arms and instructed her assistant, “Please,

“Right away, Mr. Flynn!”

bit her lip, embarrassed. “I

are you

tinged with irritation. “Looking after

nodded slightly, her smile faint as she averted

phone again.

sign of Eric.

herself, not surprised in the

obviously left her

was typical Eric behavior, something

to start

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

make it on foot.

would walk all

was at the hospital with Linda, ensuring she received proper

thankfully, no bones were broken. A cast was fitted, and rest prescribed, with no need for an overnight

to the expansive Flynn

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

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

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