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

Chapter 150

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Too Late, Mr. Billionaire: You Can’t Afford Me Now

Chapter 150 Hopeless Romantic

“Hey, are you listening?”

Noticing Hadley frozen in place, the assailant grabbed her arm impatiently and pulled her up.

“Hadley!”

Next to her, Elissa attempted to intervene but was quickly subdued at gunpoint. “Don’t move!”

“And you over there!”

Another dancer from Red Choreography, roughly Hadley’s height, was forcefully taken alongside Hadley from the dressing room.

A fleeting look passed between Hadley and the dancer, both were pale and shaking, uncertain of their fate…

The police had encircled the theater by now.

Using a megaphone, they attempted to communicate with the captors inside.

“Attention, everyone inside…”

“We have nothing to discuss! We’re going to blow this place up today!”

“Please, think this through!”

The assailants showed no interest in negotiating.

Negotiations appeared to be at an impasse.

Back inside, the theater’s main stage remained hidden behind an unopened curtain. Both Hadley and the dancer were unconscious and bound to chairs.

Eric, disguised in a security guard’s outfit, slipped through the curtains and onto the stage.

“Hadley!”

He dropped to one knee before her. But she gave no response.

Instead, it was the girl next to Hadley who, stirred by the noise, weakly opened her eyes.

She caught sight of Eric and started to speak.

“Keep quiet if you want to make it out of here!” Eric warned her sharply.

Her eyes darted open in surprise, blinking quickly instead of giving the usual nod.

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Eric sensed that something was amiss.

She looked toward him and silently motioned upwards.

Just then, Eric noticed that both Hadley and the girl were balancing a beam on their heads.

What on earth was going on?

Rising to his feet, Eric found his frown deepened as he surveyed the bizarre scene.

narrowed at the discovery–it was a bomb!

sat a tiny bead. Its fall to either

An unpredictable bomb!

was how long Hadley and the

his options?

clock ticked down, Eric retrieved a folding knife from his pocket, carefully

he extended the knife towards the

do, take her and run as

“What?”

as she shook her

could keep the beam stable. Maybe staying still was safer.

for

a sneer, Eric retorted, “Alright then,

“No!”

through the girl. Him letting go now would definitely set off the bomb, likely dooming

no

nodded reluctantly and said, “I’ll follow your plan.”

If you dare to escape without her, I’ll let this beam fall, and it’ll be

all!”

the girl as she blinked back her fear. “I… I get

“Good!”

tossed

he said, “I’m counting to three.

m

her feet. As Eric let go of Hadley, she

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beam.

Hopeless

in a low voice,

“Right!”

lifted Hadley onto

of loud bangs echoed!

to

several more shots after that!

it be those

and looked back at Eric with mixed emotions. “What about

moving!” Eric shouted angrily.

was she asking so many

we

“Oh, okay!”

and sprinted away

a bitter smile. “Damn! Am I really just

should he

this the day he would meet his

life to come to an end

fate, forever

soon blocked by approaching figures. Panicked, she turned around.

We’re the police! Identify yourself! Who are you and why are you running?”

halted. Her eyes widened and tears began to stream

were actually

“Officer!”

bring them over

“Officer!”

officer and pointed frantically toward the stage. “There’s a bomb there! Someone’s

Fetch the bomb

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