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

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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.

at the discovery–it

beam sat a tiny bead. Its fall to either end would

An unpredictable bomb!

Hadley and the girl could maintain

his options?

his cool as the clock ticked down, Eric retrieved a folding knife from his pocket, carefully supported Hadley, and cut the ropes binding

he extended the knife towards the

to free you. Once I do, take her and

“What?”

drained from the girl’s face as she shook her head.

he could keep the beam stable. Maybe staying

up for

Eric retorted, “Alright then, I’m

“No!”

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

no

nodded reluctantly and said,

without her, I’ll let this beam fall, and it’ll be the

all!”

the girl as she blinked back her fear. “I… I get it! I won’t escape on

“Good!”

breath, cut through the girl’s restraints, tossed the

to her, he said, “I’m counting to three. One, two,

m

her feet. As Eric let go of Hadley, she

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beam.

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low voice, sweat

“Right!”

lifted Hadley onto her shoulders and dashed forward.

loud bangs

to

were several more

it be

the girl paused and looked back at

moving!” Eric shouted

was she asking so

stay, we all die!”

“Oh, okay!”

she turned and sprinted away with

curled his lips into a bitter

should he

day he would meet his end

never expected his life to come to

this destined to be his fate, forever hidden in the

path was soon blocked by approaching figures. Panicked,

the police! Identify yourself! Who are you and why

out of breath, the girl halted. Her eyes

were actually the police!

“Officer!”

them

“Officer!”

officer and pointed frantically

Fetch the bomb squad!”

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