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

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!”

Flynn family? Could it

curiosity starting to edge

to help her husband

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

the dance troupe, there

the entrance.

polite, almost

your

“Mr. Flynn, what’s the reason for this visit? Please, get

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 another chance

it

involvement–he wasn’t just helping her husband

or should she

husband had already accepted the offer.

turned Eric down now, could she convince her husband to reject the Flynn family’s help?

he wouldn’t. Worse, that might even create a rift between

clear–money had a way

proud as Blanche had no choice but

Eric’s gaze. “With you

“Oh, please.”

remained unchanged–polite,

guidance, and I

her.”

to comply while secretly making things difficult for Hadley, it would

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If I agree to take starting

type to let emotions cloud her judgment.

you trust

nodded

or not didn’t matter–he had to maintain the proper stance, especially

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

added, “But I

Blanche responded, her

steady. “I’d prefer it stays that way. I

to get tangled

to focus on what

lengths for Hadley, yet he chose to keep

to

difficult to read

the end, this wasn’t her problem. Blanche nodded, her voice calm and collected. “Alright, Mr. Flynn. 1 understand. Thank you.”

”

thank you. Please take

was deep into her final scene

tonight, the job would

on her next project–the one that would officially

future in

entertainment world wasn’t what she’d planned

should take? Did she even have the ability

phone rang. It

both excited and confused. Why was Blanche calling