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

Chapter 49

Chapter 49 He Won’t Come Back Again

Hadley met Eric’s threat with nothing more than a knowing smile, effortless and unwavering.

Her voice remained steady, almost amused. “I don’t think so.”

“Hadley!”

“Mr. Flynn!”

She barely acknowledged the storm gathering in Eric’s expression–the tension in his jaw, the fire in his eyes. Instead, she pushed forward, her words measured, deliberate.

“Tell me, just how much is the Flynn family name worth to you? If you walk out that door now, all people will talk about is two patrons fighting over a pretty dancer. Typical nightclub drama. No scandal. No fallout.”

Then, with a subtle shift, her voice took on a biting mockery.

“But shut down Galant? Oh, that would be a mistake. Because then, I’ll make sure everyone knows exactly who I am. You might see me as nothing, but let’s not forget… I’m still Mrs. Flynn.”

She paused just long enough to watch the weight of her words settle before delivering the final stroke. “Picture the headlines, Eric. The esteemed Flynn family’s daughter–in–law–Srixby’s most coveted nightclub dancer. Now that would be a spectacle, don’t you think?”

Eric went rigid. His features hardened, his fury warring with disbelief.

Hadley simply laughed. “How could you allow something so disgraceful? Quite the scandal, wouldn’t you say?”

A heavy silence settled over the room.

Eric’s jaw tightened, the muscle ticking in frustration. As much as he despised it, Hadley had struck exactly

where it hurt.

The thought of the Flynn name being dragged through the mud, turned into Srixby’s latest mockery, was a humiliation he could not afford.

“Fine. Very well.”

His gaze turned razor–sharp, a slow, cruel smirk curling his lips. “Hadley, you really are an ingrate, aren’t you?”

Who did she think he was doing all this for, anyway?

“We took you in, gave you everything, and this–this is how you repay me? By using my own family to threaten me?”

Hadley met his stare. “Oh, I wouldn’t dare.”

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Chapter 49 He Won’t Come Back Again

Hadley simply laughed. “How could you allow something so disgraceful? Quite the scandal, wouldn’t you say?”

A heavy silence settled over the room.

Eric’s jaw tightened, the muscle ticking in frustration. As much as he despised it, Hadley had struck exactly

where it hurt.

Flynn name being dragged through the

could not afford.

“Fine. Very well.”

a slow, cruel smirk curling his lips. “Hadley, you really are

did she think he was doing all this for, anyway?

and this–this is how you repay me? By using my

me?”

met his stare. “Oh, I wouldn’t dare.”

control. Soon enough, I won’t even be a Flynn anymore. So

soft, measured tap shattered the standoff.

“Who is it?”

edged

just enough for Lennon to peek inside, his expression cautious. “Mr. Flynn… just checking if

the dressing room for too long, and Lennon was starting to get worried. After the fiasco

“No! Get lost-”

“Wait!”

clean through his dismissal.

eyes narrowed. “What

a picture of effortless poise. “Mr. Flynn,” she said, addressing him as if he were nothing more

a stranger.

after all. It’s only

promised.”

momentarily caught

she kept

more than a name on a guest list,

was how she wanted to

curled into a slow, ice–edged smirk. “Sure. Why not.”

to Lennon, her voice as effortless as ever. “Would you mind taking care of that?”

“On

waitress trailed behind him, balancing a tray bearing the

set, Mr. Flynn.”

giving her

bottle with steady hands. The

grace, Hadley extended it toward

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passed, and Eric never returned to

it creeping in, curling around his thoughts

really happened between you and Mr. Flynn that night?

“Nothing happened.”

explain the truth, so she simply said, “I suppose he just

off the mask.”

her with

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