Chapter 124 He Is Weird

“What?”

Hadley blinked, taken off guard by the unexpected question.

“Tell me.” Eric’s voice was firm, his gaze momentarily flicking toward the roadside where a silver–gray luxury car came to a halt, Denver preparing to step out.

“Uh…” Hadley hesitated, still reeling from the suddenness of his demand. After a beat, she quickly replied, “My passion’s always dancing.”

Eric nodded, his expression unreadable as he processed her answer. As Denver walked over, Eric started his car

and drove off.

“Hadley.”

Instead of acknowledging Denver, Hadley stared at the back of Eric’s car, puzzled by his strange behavior.

Meanwhile, Phillips had made some headway in his investigation into Blanche.

“Mr. Flynn, it seems Blanche indeed has a weakness.”

“Oh?”

Eric raised an eyebrow, interest flickering in his eyes. A faint, knowing smirk tugged at his lips, thoughts drifting to Hadley’s answer–dancing was always her passion.

“Go on,”

“Here’s the situation-”

Blanche and Barrie’s mothers Stella Hanson had always been close friends, but unlike Stella’s, Blanche’s in–laws had fallen on hard times.

While the Hanson family maintained their perch at the top of Srixby’s financial world, Blanche’s husband’s family had been struggling to stay afloat in recent years.

Blanche’s own family had a respected academic background, but they were hardly in a position to offer much financial assistance.

For the past two years, her husband’s family had been desperately trying to keep their heads above water. And it was precisely this vulnerability that Eric had noticed–and where he saw an opening.

When Blanche learned that her husband’s company crisis had been resolved, relief flooded her–but so did

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confusion.

Her husband had been fighting this battle for so long. How had the situation suddenly turned around?

“It was Mr. Flynn.” She was told when she voiced her doubts.

Her husband practically beamed with excitement. “The Flynn family–do you understand who they are? Even the smallest favor from them could turn everything around for us!”

family? Could it be

churn, curiosity starting to edge in.

to help her husband out of nowhere?

nagging thought lingered in the back of her mind–this wasn’t as simple as it seemed.

enough, the next day, when Blanche arrived at the dance troupe, there he was–Eric, waiting

the entrance.

with a polite, almost disarming smile. “I

your day.”

what’s the reason

Eric wasted no time with pleasantries, diving straight into the matter. “I’ve come to offer an apology on Hadley’s behalf. She’s young–still learning–and, unfortunately, made an error by breaking the troupe’s rules.” I’m asking, if possible, for your forgiveness and for

there it

sudden involvement–he wasn’t just helping her husband

she agree, or should she

husband had already

now, could she convince her husband to

that might even create a

way

Blanche had no choice

“With you putting

“Oh, please.”

remained unchanged–polite,

your guidance, and I need your word

her.”

pretended to comply while secretly making things difficult

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carefully. “Rest assured, “Mr. Flynns. If I agree to take starting back, my personal feelings won’t interfere with her

let

you trust me?”

Eric nodded without

didn’t matter–he had

could I not trust you?” he said smoothly. “If I didn’t, I

added, “But I need

responded, her

Eric said, his voice steady. “I’d prefer it stays that way.

for Hadley to get

focus on what she

to such lengths for Hadley, yet he

not planning to claim any

intentions could be so difficult to read

in the end, this wasn’t her problem. Blanche nodded, her voice

a faint smile. “No, thank you. Please take good care

into her final scene as a dance double.

tonight, the job would be over.

off on her next project–the one that would officially launch her career

her future in the industry. But she hesitated.

entertainment world wasn’t what she’d

she even have the ability to succeed in it?

the phone rang. It

answered the call, her voice both

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