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

Chapter 458:

When he didn’t receive an answer, Eric reached for a familiar piece he had seen her wear before and stepped out.

Suddenly, he heard something fall onto the floor with a loud thud. “Hadley!”

Eric’s pulse slammed against his ribs. He was at her side in a heartbeat, gathering her up in his arms.

A deep furrow creased his brow. “What just happened? How did you fall?” A beat passed, and an unsettling thought seized him. He couldn’t bring himself to believe it. “Did you do that on purpose?”

Hadley neither looked at him nor answered.

But what else could it be? The truth was written all over her—she had done this to herself.

“Why did you jump out of bed?”

Eric’s temper flared, rising like a storm he could no longer contain. His hands tightened around her shoulders, his grip just shy of punishing. “Or what? To chase after Denver?”

wavered, her lips trembling as fresh tears spilled down her cheeks.

Have you forgotten that he is now with

“His mother has done nothing but hurt you, and yet you are still holding on? Do you really think there is

if she had been capable of harming Hadley once, what was stopping her

𝓒𝓸𝓹𝓲𝒓𝒊𝓰𝒉𝓉 𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓬𝓴 at g𝓪𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝗅𝓈.𝒄0m

you?” Hadley lifted her tear-streaked face, her eyes burning with raw emotion. “What

faltered, caught off

she suddenly shouted at

you before. I want you!” Eric blurted out, his agitation spilling over.

and he

he couldn’t really

air, swallowed by the heavy silence that settled

eyes locked, and Hadley’s expression twisted as if she had just heard the most

yet a chuckle escaped her

Why are you laughing?” Eric stiffened. A strange unease crawled up