Chapter 256:

Just then, the camera closed in on a contestant, his muscles well-defined.

She remarked casually, “Nice physique.” Eric’s jaw clenched.

She was admiring other men? And openly praising their bodies? Normally, he might have destroyed the television right there. But he restrained himself.

Acting out would only frighten Hadley.

Instead, he swiftly turned to her, took her face in his hands, and made her look at him. “Stop watching this.”

Blinking in bewilderment, Hadley shifted her head away, breaking free from his hold.

Eric released her gently and then motioned toward the table. “Come, eat.”

“What?”

Confused, she looked down.

“Vanilla panna cotta.”

almost fawning smile played on his lips. Unbeknownst to even himself, Eric Flynn, the

almost laughed at

this for you.

bewildered. He had traveled all this

break of dawn the next

had reached out to several clubs, hoping to secure an audition for a new gig. Despite her

sent a video of her dancing, the club insisted on seeing her

“Hadley Pearson, right?”

her voice tinged with

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙡: 𝙜ⱥ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘴⫽𝙘𝙤𝙢

resume and said flatly,

her resume, dismissing her before she

Hadley’s brow creased with confusion. “Can

both in

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