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

Chapter 377:

A voice halted him just as he was about to climb the stairs. Turning, he spotted his parents, Roderick and Wilma Moran.

“Dad, Mom.”

The pair had just returned from a social affair.

As luck would have it, Denver had been waiting for them.

Wilma took a few steps forward, her expression unreadable as she sized up her son. “You’re back earlier than I expected…” Then her eyes landed on the box in his hand.

Her gaze darkened like storm clouds rolling in. “What’s that you’ve got there?”

“This…” Denver didn’t dodge the question. With a bright smile, he answered, “It’s a bracelet.”

Since he was about to bring up Hadley anyway, there was no point in playing coy.

brow creased instantly. She recognized the delicate jewelry box in a heartbeat. “Is

“Yes.”

for permission, Wilma plucked the box from Denver’s hands, opened it,

out a brittle chuckle at the sight of the bracelet, her expression tinged with

gathering gnawed at her as she cast a

closer, we need to have

puzzled, and glanced at his father. “Dad,

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weary sigh, shaking his head. “You’ll see soon

pleased with the rumors that

settled onto the plush sofa in the living

the dark about the storm brewing. “What’s this all about? Why the long faces?” He had been meaning to bring up Hadley once they

delicate bracelet box onto the coffee table with a deliberate air. “Why did you take

“Hardly!”

that they’d brought it up—he was just