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

Chapter 252:

What?

Hadley was taken aback. What was he thinking?

How could he listen to her accusations and still offer her food?

“I won’t eat that.”

She turned her head away, setting her terms. “Not unless you allow me to return to Galant and continue my dance career.”

Eric’s hand stilled. So this was what it was all about in the end. He put the bread down and got straight to the point. “You’re not going back to Galant. It’s out of the question.”

“Why not?” Hadley tensed up. “Dancing is my job!”

“What sort of pathetic career do you call that?” Eric couldn’t care less. He dismissed the idea with a wave of his hand. “You don’t need that job. Or are you suggesting that I can’t provide for you?”

her? It seemed he was not ready to give her what she

to say, “I’m aware

challenged her, holding

tense silence fell between them,

nodded slowly. “I see your

her conversation with Nyla on the terrace, and

right that it shouldn’t

distant for so long, he knew it

for the long haul, he was determined to win her over, no matter the effort

urged, “Come on, have some more. Two bites aren’t

live now

ignore his gesture. She bowed her head and reached for her glass of milk, drinking it in large, determined

an eyebrow, he couldn’t help

meal, they

was at the wheel, driving Hadley to her apartment on West

sorry excuse of an apartment. Bringing her to live with him immediately, however, especially right after severing her ties