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

Chapter 271:

A slow, dangerous tension settled over Eric, his hostility spiking in an instant. His entire presence became menacing, his sharp gaze locking onto the man like a predator that had just found its prey.

“Who the hell are you?” Eric’s voice cut through the air like a blade.

The sheer iciness in his tone sent an involuntary shudder down the man’s spine. For the briefest second, he was sure he saw something terrifying flicker in Eric’s eyes—something that made his blood run cold.

If eyes could kill, he had no doubt he’d already be dead.

The man swallowed hard, his Adam’s apple bobbing as panic seized him. He quickly turned his pleading gaze to Hadley.

Hadley let out an exasperated sigh. What was he looking at her for? Did he really expect her to save him?

“Are you stupid? If you know what’s good for you, run!”

“Oh! O-okay!”

finally clicked in his head. The man didn’t need to be told twice—without

you really believe you can just

already moving, his long strides closing the distance between

“Don’t!”

instinct, Hadley shot out her hand and grasped his wrist, bringing him to an

his voice laced with simmering anger. “Are you seriously

a flash. For a second, Hadley just stared at Eric, dumbfounded. Then, irritation flared in her chest, and she snapped, “How the

thought about it… she had a point. She had been fighting him off,

𝓥𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓯𝓲𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓮: 𝗀𝖺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀﹒ⅽ𝗈𝗺

sharp look at Eric, unimpressed with his agitation. “Are you seriously about to throw your life away for someone like him?” Neither of them mattered to her—Eric was terrible enough, but the middle-aged man who had just fled? He was the very source of her pain, the person

flickered in his eyes. Was she… worried