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?

too well. Her tangled past. The weight of her mistakes. A failed marriage that still

across her face. “Hadley, have you ever heard of Marcus Jordan?”

course, she had. The son of basketball

she understood exactly why Denver had brought him up. Because Marcus had fallen for Larsa Pippen. His father’s friend’s ex-wife. A woman sixteen

speculation, endless chatter. Even now,

They didn’t let the idea of being a ‘perfect match’ dictate their choices. So why

her mouth, but the words tangled before

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people ‘fit’ isn’t what determines if they should be together. What

free of expectation or demand. “But just so you know—I helped

he did… wouldn’t that

let out a breath, rubbing the back of his neck. He wasn’t