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

Chapter 78 You’re Coming

Back To Me

As Hadley walked down Mayfield Road, she immediately noticed the distinct black Bentley parked at the curb.

Such a vehicle was a rare sight in this neighborhood and quite unmistakable.

Equally hard to overlook was Sebastian, casually leaning against the car, apparently waiting for her.

He truly had been waiting.

“Miss Hadley!” he called out, waving as she drew nearer.

“Sebastian,” Hadley replied with a puzzled frown as she walked over. “What brings you here? Did Nyla send you?”

“No, not at all.”

Sebastian cast an uncomfortable look toward the car, his expression almost regretful.

Just then, the car window slid down, revealing a man with a sharp, distinctly cold demeanor. Eric fixed his gaze on her, his voice chilling. “Get in.”

Hadley, reacting quickly, clutched at Sebastian’s sleeve. “Sebastian, I believe he’s speaking to you.” Sebastian chuckled, though it was tinged with resignation. “Believe me, that’s surely not for me.”

It was quite obvious who Eric was waiting for here in the dead of night.

Silence fell over Hadley.

It was clear then; Eric meant her.

With a mix of reluctance and resolve, Hadley opened the car door and settled into the backseat.

She sat upright, placing her hands carefully in her lap, and took a deep breath.

“Where have you been?” Eric asked, glancing at his watch in an exaggerated fashion. “You finished your performance at eleven. It’s now after midnight. Where have you been?”

It seemed he was already aware of her whereabouts, and he just wanted to hear it from her.

Facing him, Hadley calmly responded, “You know the answer, don’t you?”

“I need to hear it from you,” he said, his tone cutting through the silence like a sharp knife. Without warning, his hand reached out, gripping her chin to turn her face toward him.

He closed the distance between them, his flawless features looming just inches away.

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then softened to a whisper, asking, “Where were you? Who were you with? What did

motionless, not daring

the severe angles of Eric’s face, making his striking appearance even more

when Hadley had

“I was out with Denver. We grabbed some ramen at the night

eyebrow, his face giving nothing away. He caressed her

kind of question

then cautiously answered, “Um… yes, it was quite

that followed

for long moments, and feeling her discomfort grow,

shoulder was firmly grasped, and she

his

divorce papers have been nullified. The file has been withdrawn. You’re

seemed to

endured hardships.

felt her body shaking as her fingers clenched into fists, a desperate attempt to

within her.

did you just say?”

heard him wrong?

a tilt of his head and a deepening smirk, Eric replied, “Missed what I said? Let me say it again. You’re in need of

on a coaxing tone. “It’s late, but tomorrow, let’s visit Grandma and tell her about our

his voice maintaining a calm, mesmerizing tone. “She’ll be thrilled. She has always hoped we’d end up

as she stopped him. Her face

out of nowhere, and now he was asking her to return

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had gone crazy, was playing a cruel game, or had some hidden agenda–she didn’t want to

to be part

smile, Hadley said, “I

wasn’t entirely

never really been

Eric’s eyes narrowed a bit. “I couldn’t

he heard her loud and clear.

her hand into a fist, bracing herself. “Look closely, Eric. I am Hadley. The same Hadley you despised. The same Hadley you sent overseas and left behind for

His eyes fixed on her intensely, scorching as though they could

washed over Hadley as she stared at him.

down on her, so heavy

what he was

realize how disgusting his demands

was not an object to be tossed aside and then reclaimed

debating this seemed

after such a long time, there

her head. “I

didn’t want him?