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.

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

“Yes.”

the box from Denver’s hands, opened it, and gazed at the ruby

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

had overheard at the evening’s gathering gnawed at her as

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

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let out a weary sigh, shaking his

pleased with the rumors that had reached

onto the plush sofa in the living

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

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

“Hardly!”

chuckled, a stroke of luck that they’d brought it up—he