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?

The weight of her mistakes. A failed marriage that still cast shadows. No powerful last name

already read the thoughts flickering across her face. “Hadley, have you ever heard of Marcus Jordan?” The name snapped her

had. The son of basketball legend Michael Jordan—his name alone carried

Marcus had fallen for Larsa Pippen. His father’s friend’s ex-wife. A woman sixteen years older, divorced, and

been a media wildfire when it surfaced—tabloids, speculation, endless chatter.

They didn’t let the idea of being a ‘perfect

mouth, but the words tangled

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people ‘fit’ isn’t what determines if they should be together. What really matters is whether they

pressed on. “I know this is one-sided right now. You don’t feel the same way, 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

he did… wouldn’t that make him no

He wasn’t usually one for long speeches, but this