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

Chapter 202

Chapter 202 Don’t Know What He’s Thinking

Hadley smirked, just as she had anticipated.

Fortunately, she had a backup plan up her sleeve.

Although she had made a pact with Linda, she made sure to be careful.

Earlier that morning, before passing Elissa’s phone to Linda, she had made a subtle shift. She recorded the video Elissa had captured of Linda tripping her.

In this age of advanced smartphones, any hint of uploading or transferring could easily leave traces behind… how could Linda not notice?

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That was because Hadley didn’t sent the video to her phone directly; she recorded the video anew using her own phone instead! She had also tucked it away in her cloud drive.

Taking a deep breath, Hadley picked up her phone, opened the video, and placed it in front of Eric.

“Could you take a quick look at this?”

“What’s this about?” Eric asked, feigning nonchalance as he stared at the screen.

His brows knitted together sharply… Linda actually pushed Hadley! Was it true?

Was Hadley hurt? Where were her injuries?

“You”

But before he could voice his thought, Hadley cut him off.

she tucked her phone away. “Flynn Group owns East Entertainment Media. I trust you can imagine the fallout if this video sees the light of day. If you release Elissa, I promise to destroy the video.”

What?

Eric was momentarily taken aback.

So she wasn’t showing him the video to play the victim! She was leveraging it to coerce him into freeing Elissa?

No wonder she hadn’t asked for his help outright–she had this ace up her sleeve!

Quite clever indeed.

“Did you use this to convince Linda to drop the lawsuit yesterday?”

“Yes.” Hadley nodded, nearly certain he felt cornered.

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Linda’s reputation and future?

Elissa is released, I’ll keep my part

“Why should 1?”

space between them as if he intended to hold her.

cold glint in his eyes revealed his displeasure!

me, are we? Hmm?”

her expression hardening. “Do you want to

the price for Linda’s wrath? The

herself, lifting her chin and

since you’re so invested in Linda, this is my only course

“Enough!”

silence her. Her mouth

so clever, yet why couldn’t she see that

loosened his tie, gasping for breath.

large eyes, bewildered. What was

WAS

stalemate, Eric’s “new girlfriend” in the passenger seat turned her head, pouting

dared not voice her anger, softly reminding him, “Mr. Flynn…”

“Be quiet!

verge of tears. “Mr. Flynn, we’ve arrived.”

the car had come

twice, also chiming in, “Mr. Flynn, we’re

“Got it!

frustration, Eric had no choice but to relent, releasing Hadley and stepping out of the

hand trembling as it brushed against his

to her relief, Eric didn’t scold her

they strolled ahead, Hadley hurried to keep pace. “Eric, what’s your take on what

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or no deal?”

chuckled softly.

his pockets, his eyelids lifting slightly. “Let

that, he ambled off with his new girlfriend, not sparing a backward glance.

expected that response–he needed time to think? When it came to Linda, was there

how long would this deliberation last?

he took too long, it could

was she to do?

Phillips turned around, extending his arm toward her. “Mr. Flynn suggests you

“Okay, thank you.”

clinging

her in suspense, not giving an immediate answer, was likely a way to release

hall buzzed with familiar faces for Hadley, yet none

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