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!”

Could it be

mind began to churn, curiosity starting to edge in.

would Eric step in to help her husband

lingered in the back of her mind–this wasn’t as simple as

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

the entrance.

a polite, almost disarming smile. “I

disrupting your day.”

reason for this visit? Please, get to

matter. “I’ve come to offer an apology on Hadley’s behalf. She’s young–still learning–and, unfortunately, made an error by breaking

it was.

Eric’s sudden involvement–he wasn’t just helping her husband out of the goodness of his heart

or

already accepted

could she convince her husband to reject the

Worse, that might even create

clear–money had a way of

as proud as Blanche had no choice but to bend.

she met Eric’s gaze. “With you putting it that way,

“Oh, please.”

remained unchanged–polite,

you to truly accept Hadley. She’ll be under your guidance, and I need your word that you’ll take care of

her.”

making things difficult for Hadley,

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breath, weighing her decision carefully. “Rest assured, “Mr. Flynns. If I agree to take starting back, my personal feelings

type to let emotions cloud her judgment.

you trust

nodded without hesitation.

truly believed her or not didn’t matter–he had to maintain the proper stance, especially for Hadley’s sake.

you?” he said smoothly. “If I didn’t,

thoughtful pause, he added, “But I need to ask you one

it?” Blanche responded, her curiosity piqued.

of this,” Eric said, his voice steady. “I’d prefer it stays that way. I don’t want anything to interfere with her focus

to get tangled in this mess.

was to focus on what she

man had gone to such lengths for Hadley, yet he chose

planning to claim any credit?

difficult

wasn’t her problem. Blanche nodded, her voice calm and collected. “Alright, Mr.

“No, thank you. Please take good

was deep into her final scene as a

tonight, the job would be over.

her next project–the one that

her future in the industry.

wasn’t what she’d planned

take? Did she even have the

phone rang. It was Blanche.

answered the call, her voice both excited and confused. Why was Blanche calling

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