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

Chapter 218

Chapter 218 Let’s Get Married Right Away

Hadley froze, eyes widening in shock. Could it really have been Eric?

Elissa, just as stunned, stole a glance at Hadley before voicing the question that was stuck on her lips. “Are you sure, Alice?” she asked, her tone laced with skepticism. “Could you have mistaken him for someone else?”

“No, I’m totally sure,” Alice’s response was firm, unwavering. “A man that handsome? Trust me, he’s not the kind of face you forget.”

Elissa said nothing more, and Hadley sat in silence, her thoughts spinning.

A feeling stirred in her chest–Alice had to be right.

At that time, Eric had been in Blathe.

She remembered the injuries he carried back then. But she had never asked. Never cared enough to question them. Now, everything was starting to click into place.

After seeing Alice off at the airport, Hadley and Elissa returned to the dance studio.

As they walked through the halls, Elissa let out a deep sigh. “Mr. Flynn is really something. Does he just go around saving people without ever taking credit for it?”

Hadley exhaled slowly, shaking her head. “I’m not sure what to say to that.”

Hadley and Eric had met as children given their grandmothers‘ friendship, and they also once spent years together under the same roof, yet she couldn’t say she truly knew him.

As a child, Eric had been quiet, reserved–distant. Perhaps it was because they hadn’t spent much time together back then.

By the time she was adopted into the Flynn family, he had changed a lot–short–tempered, unpredictable, a storm that could never quite be tamed.

Maybe that was just how people were. Layers upon layers, contradictions upon contradictions.

The Eric she had known was ruthless enough to exile her abroad for four years without hesitation, yet at the same time, he was also the man who had risked his own life to save her.

Hadley found herself wondering–if she told him the truth now… If she looked him in the eyes and finally said it—that she had been innocent. That she had never pushed Linda. That there was more to the story.

Would he believe her?

Could she trust him with the truth?

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That afternoon, Hadley’s phone buzzed with a message from Eric. “I’ll pick you up around 6:30. Dinner at the mansion with Grandma.”

“Okay,” she replied simply.

Since she would finish work before five, she took the opportunity to stop by her apartment first.

no choice but to keep dealing with Eric, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t carve out time to be with Joy.

difficult to care for. Spending time with her gave Hadley a rare

studio, she was right on schedule. Exactly five minutes later, Eric’s car

soon as she approached. “Did I

fine,” Hadley replied as they got

studied him for a moment

Quiet, reserved. Not at all like you are

grip on the steering wheel tightened slightly. His expression didn’t change

tone was light, but his smile was faint. “I don’t remember much from

nodded, lost in thought.

had been rare, limited to the times she accompanied

in your own world–reading or just staring off into space. Even when I was around, you barely acknowledged

smirk tugging at his lips. “That bad, huh? Sounds like I was a bit

sighed playfully. “You’ve changed a lot since then.”

same forever.” Then, glancing sideways at her, he added smoothly, “Haven’t you changed

a moment. He wasn’t

had changed. After everything she had been through, how

not?

help but feel that he had changed too. The man beside her wasn’t quite the same as the one she had known four years

“Eric…” Hadley hesitated.

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He glanced at her, his tone casual but attentive. “What

mouth,

yet. She still wasn’t sure about him.

Ernest. The situation between him and Linda was anything but simple.

back then–the one that had sent her away for

into the

tangled, Hadley exhaled softly. “Just

Mansion was unusually

hospital, her leg injuries healing well enough that, as long as she wore pants and

the energy, Eric had brought Hadley

so nice to have everyone together again,” she said warmly. “We

was pleasant enough, even lighthearted

Eric carried a platter of fruit toward the living room, where they could all enjoy

they could enter–A sharp voice rang through the air.

the meaning

Linda. Her voice was laced with grievance and

“What

cast him a sideways glance. “Have they been arguing

grim. “I don’t know what’s going on, but

eldest grandson. “Linda is asking

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