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

Chapter 96 Haven’t Really Been Good To Himself…

“Are you done?”

Hadley’s voice drew Eric from his thoughts. She hadn’t turned around yet, clearly waiting for him.

“Have you taken your shirt off?”

A shadow crossed Eric’s face, his emotions briefly visible before he regained his composure.

She was just being considerate.

Moreover, she couldn’t see him from her angle.

After a deep breath, he raised his hands and removed his wet shirt. “Done.”

“Here,”

Without looking at him, Hadley threw a dry shirt his way. “Wear this for now.”

“What’s this?”

Catching the shirt, Eric immediately recognized it–clearly, it was a man’s dress shirt. His sense of other men’s clothing was keen.

Where did she find a man’s dress shirt?

Oblivious to his growing unease, Hadley replied nonchalantly, “It’s just a men’s shirt. It should fit you.”

She had intentionally chosen one that was too large.

Picking up his soaked shirt, she said, “I don’t have a dryer, so I’ll wash this and hang it to dry. I can return it to you later, is that okay?”

“Sure,” Eric muttered, his attention elsewhere.

He couldn’t stop wondering–why did she have men’s clothing in the first place?

Hadley moved towards the balcony.

“Hold on.” Without a shirt, Eric followed her impulsively out to the small balcony.

She was standing by the washing machine, tossing his shirt in, and removing some previously washed laundry.

A single look was enough for Eric’s mood to darken.

“Hadley!”

“Yes?” She turned, puzzled by the urgency in his voice.

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96 Haven’t Really Been

this strategy as

be the truth?

features softened, his usual sharpness replaced by a touch

completely at a loss.

that was the explanation.

been wrong about her.

was he

truth sooner rather than directly leaping

out.

“Hadley-”

in his realizations, Hadley pivoted sharply and exited the

“Hadley!”

the shirt, which suddenly seemed far less offensive than

To his surprise, it was a perfect fit.

him no attention, made it clear she was done for the night. “It’s late. I’m going

gave a nod, but didn’t

he finished buttoning the shirt, he finally moved closer to her, his voice carrying a hint of hope. “Hadley,

uninterested. “Are you leaving or not?”

tell she was genuinely upset this time.

thought he should give her space and

go.” He

him to the

doorway, Eric hesitated, not quite ready to

on… I’ll be good to

noticed a change in his behavior recently; he was indeed different from

before.

if he was being

his past mistakes and just accept him? If that were the criteria, there were many others she should have welcomed back

her head. “I appreciate what you did

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Haven’t Really Been Good To Himself Either

interjected with a rare seriousness, his tone touched by self–deprecation. “I admit I’ve not been great to you, or to myself, to be honest.”

himself. His life had been dictated by familial obligations, always putting his brother, the Flynn family, and their collective interests first.