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

Chapter 403:

Hadley exhaled.

“I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Elissa smirked.

“See ya.”

Hadley jogged over to Eric, slightly breathless, wasting no time on pleasantries.

“How much do I owe you?”

Eric’s brows drew together, his tone firm.

“Hadley… I didn’t come here to collect money from you.”

She blinked, caught off guard. If that wasn’t why he was here, then what was this about?

beat passed before

it—you bought it on a whim. To you, this hair tie might be nothing. But to

“Wait…”

Eric’s expression darkened instantly.

bought

Hadley hesitated.

“Wasn’t it?”

bitter laugh escaped

“Yeah, sure. A whim.”

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twisted painfully. What had he been expecting? When she first insisted on paying him back, he had feared

This

for her. That he had held her old, worn hair tie in his hands, searching for something

he must have looked—chasing after a detail so small, putting thought into

more

saw his

way his expression shifted—anger, frustration, something deeper