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

Chapter 311:

Hadley wasn’t the kind of person who accepted someone’s help only to turn around and blame them for it. That wasn’t who she was. She shook her head, a faint smile tugging at her lips. “I’m not mad. I just…”

How was she supposed to explain something she barely understood herself?

“It’s alright.” Denver caught the hesitation in her voice but didn’t push. Instead, he added softly and with rare honesty, “I won’t pretend I did it just for you. I had my own reasons, too.”

Hadley blinked, momentarily thrown by his candor.

“Denver…” Her voice softened, almost hesitant. “I told you before… we’re not right for each other.”

“I remember you said that.” He spoke with a small smile, but there was curiosity in his eyes. “What I don’t understand is—why, exactly, are we not right for each other?” Wasn’t it obvious?

mistakes. A failed marriage that still cast shadows. No powerful last name

have you ever heard of

course, she had. The son of basketball legend Michael Jordan—his name

Because Marcus had fallen for Larsa Pippen. His father’s friend’s ex-wife. A woman

media wildfire when it surfaced—tabloids, speculation, endless chatter. Even now, people still whispered about them, as

unshaken. “Look at Marcus and Larsa. They didn’t let the idea of being a ‘perfect match’ dictate their choices. So why

the words tangled before they

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yet warm. “Whether two people ‘fit’ isn’t what determines if they

and that’s fine.” His tone was calm, free of expectation or demand. “But just so you know—I helped you tonight because I wanted to. Not because

he did… wouldn’t that make him no different

rubbing the back of his neck. He wasn’t usually one for