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

hair tie

“Wait…”

Eric’s expression darkened instantly.

think I bought it on

Hadley hesitated.

“Wasn’t it?”

dry, bitter laugh

“Yeah, sure. A whim.”

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What had he been expecting? When she first insisted on paying him back, he had feared the worst—that she wanted to draw a line between them, that she was

this? This

had chosen it just for her. That he had held her old, worn hair tie

have looked—chasing after a detail so small, putting thought into something she dismissed as a

more

never even saw his

his expression