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

Chapter 354:

On their ride home, Denver took the opportunity to learn more about the incident.

“Can you tell me what happened tonight? How did you injure your hand?”

Cradling her bandaged hand, Hadley chose not to disclose the harassment she had faced.

Instead, she explained, “I was having dinner with the film crew when a glass broke. I cut myself picking up the pieces.” She framed the incident as a simple accident.

Denver, still looking for more answers, asked, “How did you bump into Eric?”

Hadley hesitated.

“I really don’t know, Denver,” she said. “I bumped into him just as I was stepping out. Maybe he was there for dinner, just like you.” Given that Poseidon’s Realm was a popular spot for business, her explanation wasn’t out of the ordinary.

“Yeah, that sounds right,” Denver acknowledged, his worries easing. He believed that Eric’s presence was just coincidental and not an attempt to reconnect with Hadley.

Denver walked Hadley to her

“Hadley.”

stopped, uncertain whether Denver meant

averted eyes, Denver expressed his

that you were injured, but… ” A sincere warmth

wondered about the reason for

image in his eyes. “It’s because when you saw Eric, you didn’t go with him. You called me instead. Knowing that fills me with joy, Hadley. I can’t tell you how much that means to

𝕃𝖆𝙩𝓮𝑠𝖙 с𝗁𝓪𝗉𝓉𝗲𝗋𝗌 g𝙖𝗅𝖓𝗈𝑣𝓮𝖑𝘀․ⅽ𝓸𝙢

turn

“Hadley.”

now on, no matter what—just like tonight—you call

room for argument. “I don’t care where I am or what I’m doing. I’ll drop everything

caught off

quiet warmth spread through her chest, foreign yet undeniably real. To be prioritized like this—to be someone’s first call—was a feeling she never

wouldn’t have even

feel as though, in his world, she was what