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.

recognized the delicate jewelry box in a heartbeat. “Is that

“Yes.”

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

let out a brittle chuckle at the sight

gathering gnawed at her as she cast a

closer, we need to

his brow, puzzled, and glanced at his father. “Dad, what’s got

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out a weary sigh, shaking

from pleased with the rumors that had reached his

settled onto the plush

the storm brewing. “What’s this all about? Why the long faces?” He had

box onto the coffee table with a deliberate air. “Why did you take this out of the safe? Don’t tell me

“Hardly!”

luck that they’d brought it up—he was