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

Chapter 375:

“Denver?”

“Yeah?” He straightened, sensing something different in her expression. “Is there something on your mind?”

Hadley gave a small nod. “Yes.” She had spent the past few days thinking about this. She owed him honesty.

Her voice was soft but firm. “I truly appreciate your kind gestures… which is why I need to be upfront with you.”

A flicker of uncertainty crossed Denver’s face. Was this—was she turning him down?

His throat tightened as he forced himself to stay composed. “Go ahead.”

Hadley took a steady breath. Then, with quiet sincerity, she spoke the truth. “I’m not really looking to be in a relationship right now.”

Denver froze, his smile caught mid-bloom like a flower in sudden frost. So, this was the sting of rejection after all.

“Is this your gentle way of giving

the edge of

who has stolen your heart.” Denver’s

yet, he pressed on before Hadley could

you can’t force the heart to sing a tune it doesn’t know. But sometimes love strikes like lightning, and sometimes it blooms slowly, like a seed in spring. We’ve never even tried walking that path together.

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there,

so unshaken by the odds—it stirred memories of her own fearless heart at twenty.

Hadley asked, “Denver, does

blinked. After a brief silence, he admitted candidly, “Not… yet.” Precisely as

lingered on Denver, her fingers delicately tracing the rim of

all you’re after is a fleeting moment to tuck into your memories, then

A warm ray of

that alone, Hadley wouldn’t mind sharing a chapter of her journey with him, even