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?”

her lips trembling as fresh tears

you still chasing after him? Have you forgotten that he is now with

hurt you, and yet you are still holding on? Do you really think there is hope? Are you so naive to believe that love

despised Hadley—there was no doubt about that. And if she had been

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with raw emotion. “What does any of this have to do with you?

faltered, caught off

Her voice cracked as she suddenly shouted at

Eric blurted out, his agitation spilling over. “I want you,

down before, and he had forced himself

he couldn’t really let her

the air, swallowed by the

as if she had just heard the most absurd

dried, yet a chuckle escaped her

Eric stiffened.