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

Chapter 179

Chapter 179 Don’t Take Hadley’s Things

The buzz–cut man wheezed, gasping through the pain, his body trembling from the brutal beating.

“Don’t let her fool you–that woman is a menace! Even after I had her cornered, she smashed through the car window with a kick! She grabbed a glass shard–stabbed me with it!”

To prove his words, he yanked up his sleeve, revealing a mess of jagged cuts and dried blood.

“Look! She did this! All of it!”

Tears streaked his face, his bravado shattered.

“Shut up!” Eric snapped. “Stop your pathetic whining–I asked you where she is!”

“I–I don’t know…”

Still nothing.

Eric’s grip tightened, his rage swelling like a storm. Exhaling sharply, his gaze dropped to Linda, still clinging desperately to his waist. “Linda.” He locked eyes with her, his tone dangerously steady. “Move. I’m going to kill him!”

The bastard wouldn’t talk until he was staring death in the face.

“No!” Her pulse pounded, but she didn’t waver. “I think… he really doesn’t know!”

“I swear! I really don’t know!” The man sobbed, his breath ragged. “She stabbed me and then bolted out of the car! I… I tried, but I couldn’t catch up!”

“Eric!”

Linda’s voice cut through the tension, her grip tightening around him as she looked up at his face. “I think he’s telling the truth. At this point, lying wouldn’t help him.”

Eric understood, but his chest felt heavy. Where the hell could Hadley have gone?

If she had fought back with a glass shard, was she hurt, too?

His eyes snapped open. “Where?”

The man blinked through his swollen face, confused. “W–What? What do you mean–where?”

‘Unless you want to die, tell me where she ran off to?”

“Eric!” Linda tightened her grip, pulling him back just as his body tensed.

“I know! I know!”

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The man nearly choked on his words, his entire body trembling with fear.

Road!” he blurted out, his voice cracking. “She got

know anything else! She ran, and that’s it! That’s all I

Rayton Road.

wheelchair, Ernest sat in quiet contemplation, his brows slightly furrowed. After a moment, he spoke. “Eric, that’s enough. You can let him

his gaze, he regarded the shaking man on the floor with cold

was calm–but

word you’ve said is a lie–I won’t take your life, but here,

another glance, Ernest pressed a button on

“Quentin.”

stepped forward, his movements crisp, professional. “I’ll send someone to Rayton Road

Rayton Road.

eerily quiet–an isolated stretch with no signs

here, there was no telling where could

Phillips had spent the entire night combing the area, leading searches in every possible direction. But

Eventually, dawn broke…

his

all, Hadley had been

without a coat,

had no family, no close

she now?, Alone? Freezing?

still here, unharmed? Why

of the stairs, arms crossed, her face drawn with anxiety. “Where

from Quentin and Phillips was grim. They had scoured every inch of Rayton Road. Still–nothing. No check–ins at hotels, inns, or hostels.

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at train stations, airports–not even a whisper in accident

if she had

stepped into the room, attempting to soften the unbearable tension.

is ready. You

can I?” Nyla sighed, her voice heavy,

on her shoulder. “I know you’re worried. We all are. But you can’t help Hadley

shifted to Ernest, her tone turning more insistent. “And

gave a

stood motionless, staring blankly at the floor. “You should

a whisper. “Grandma, Ernest–you

started, but then-

the room, calm yet absolute. “He’s the one in the wrong. Let him

pitying Hadley, was he? He was

Upstairs.

carried him toward Hadley’s. He walked in, barely registering his movements, and collapsed onto her

inhaled deeply–clinging to the

are you, Hadley?”

slept all night. But even here, lying in the warmth of her

At some point, a knock

Phillips.

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